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The article offers the text of the Selective Service Act, which was approved on May 18, 1917, by the United States Congress. The President is given temporary authority to increase the size of the Regular Army by imposing a military draft. The 14 sections of the legislation include topics such as the selection of officers, voluntary military service, establishment of local draft boards to review claims of exemption from the selective draft, and mandatory registration of potential draftees. Sections 2 and 3 define the issues of who can be drafted, the use of paid substitutes in military service, and state quotas. Exemption from selective military service because of religious conviction is mentioned in Section 4.
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The United States declared against Britain in 1812. The next 50 years saw the expansion of American states and territories through the west, however growth was curtailed by the costly American Civil War, which broke out in 1861 over the Confederate States' wish to continue the practice of slavery, and the Union's wish to preserve the union. By 1865 some 620,000 people died, making it the most costly in US history. The next decades up to World War 1 saw large migratiuons from Europe and massive growth in the US economy.
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Since the United States' entry into World War II, the federal judiciary has taken a prominent role in the shaping of the nation's military laws. Yet, a majority of the academic legal community studying the relationship between the Court and the military establishment argues otherwise providing the basis for a further argument that the legal construct of the military establishment is constitutionally questionable. Centring on the Cold War era from 1968 onward, this book weaves judicial biography and a historic methodology based on primary source materials into its analysis and reviews several m
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Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Co
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In this compelling book, distinguished activist lawyer Francis Boyle sounds an impassioned clarion call to citizen action against Bush administration policies both domestic and international. Boyle, who has spent his career defending civil resisters, offers the only guide available on how to use international law, constitutional law, and the laws of war to defend peaceful non-violent protesters against governmental policies that are illegal and criminal. He focuses especially on the aftermath of 9/11 and the implications of the war on Afghanistan, the war on terrorism, the war on Iraq, the doc
Civil disobedience --- Peace movements --- Military law --- Civil resistance
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"Compared with its civilian counterpart--which struggles with delays and uncertain results--summary military justice is efficient. From offence until outcome, 90 per cent of cases are dealt with in less than ninety days. The other side of the coin is that there is no right to representation by defence counsel, no transcripts are produced, and no appeal to a judge. Nine times out of ten, individuals are found guilty. For service members, consequences can include fines, reductions in rank, confinement, and sentences of up to thirty days in military jail, sometimes with a criminal conviction. Addressing important gaps in legal literature, Frontline Justice sets out to examine summary justice in Canada's military and to advocate for reform. Pascal Lévesque describes the origins, purposes, and features of the summary trial system in the Canadian Armed Forces. He then analyzes the system's benefits and flaws, and the challenges it faces in maintaining discipline while respecting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lévesque determines that troubling aspects of the system, including the fact that lower and higher ranks are dealt with and punished differently, are clear indicators of a need for change. Criticizing current legislation, the book takes into account the latest developments in military law and jurisprudence to make concrete recommendations for an alternative model of military justice. A thought-provoking and balanced analysis, Frontline Justice seeks to remedy some of the more unfair and arcane proceedings of the Canadian military's summary trial system.
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Public, press, and academic interest in the military justice system has increased over the past generation. This is a result of several high-profile trials (the Sergeant Major of the Army and Kelly Flinn, among many others), a popular TV show (even if it was Navy JAGs), and broader public attention to and interest in the military, stemming from the post-Cold War prominence of the military (Gulf War I, Balkans, and post-9/11 operations). In addition, some of the more prominent cases from the war in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib and detainee cases, as well as the GTMO military commissions, have ke
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Après la Révolution belge de 1830, la justice militaire a continué de fonctionner sur le modèle mis en place au début de la période hollandaise, mais elle s'est adaptée aux circonstances et à l'esprit du temps. Des principes constitutionnels nouveaux, tels la séparation des pouvoirs et l'indépendance de la justice, ont conduit à un repositionnement des différents acteurs. Centrée sur l'évolution des normes et du cadre institutionnel, la première partie de l'ouvrage montre comment, dans les deux décennies qui suivent l'indépendance de la Belgique, la justice militaire gagne en autonomie et tend à se rapprocher des pratiques de la justice ordinaire. La seconde partie dresse le portrait des auditeurs militaires, hommes clés de la procédure. Qui sont-ils ? De quelle marge de manœuvre disposent-ils par rapport à la hiérarchie militaire ? Comment perçoivent-ils leur rôle et comment l'exercent-ils ? Permettant d'étudier le parcours professionnel de ces magistrats, les documents qu'ils ont produits dans le cadre de leurs fonctions aident également à mieux cerner leurs pratiques quotidiennes.
Military courts --- Belgium --- History --- 1830-1849 --- Military law --- Belgique --- justice militaire --- justice --- XIXème siècle
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In Civilian or Combatant?: A Challenge for the 21st Century, Anicee Van Engeland describes how the practice and evolution of warfare have turned international humanitarian law into an enigmatic law that is complex to understand, interpret, and enforce. Van Engeland identifies the challenges that advocates of international humanitarian law face, which range from genocide, asymmetrical warfare, and terrorism to rape as a weapon. The events of 9/11 and the aftermath have put this branch of international law, in particular, the distinction between civilians and combatants, to the test. Van Engelan
Combatants and noncombatants (International law) --- Noncombatants (International law) --- Armed Forces --- Belligerency --- Military law --- International law
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