Military Law under the Uniform Code of Military Justice

1955 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 1244
Author(s):  
A. Arthur Schiller ◽  
William B. Aycock ◽  
Seymour W. Wurfel
Keyword(s):  
Military Justice ◽  
Uniform Code ◽  
Military Law

Military Systems of Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Crosbie ◽  
Meredith Kleykamp
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Military ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
Uniform Code ◽  
Military Systems ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
American Case ◽  
Military Law ◽  
Armed Services

Sociologists have largely ignored the study of military tribunals and justice systems. We offer a descriptive overview of military systems of justice intended for use by political and military sociologists, focusing on the case of the United States armed services. We contextualize the principal military systems of justice and provide extended discussions of how the American case connects through formal and informal channels to international legal structures. American military law and justice link three key legal realms: international law on conflict and security at the global level; the so called National Security Constitution at the national level; and the Uniform Code of Military Justice at the institutional level.

Bulldog decision

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis Lee Cyphers ◽  
Julianne Renee Apodaca
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
Commanding Officer ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Military Law

Theoretical basis The theoretical basis for this case is a focus on ethical decision-making based upon a decision-making tree proposed by Bagley et al. (2003). Once multiple options are determined as ethical, integrating authentic leadership into the decision-making process can help leaders made difficult decisions. Research methodology The authors conducted extensive research through IBISWorld, EBSCOhost, and academic journals to review ethical decision-making and authentic leadership. The authors successfully piloted the case with over 100 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in leadership courses. Case overview/synopsis The case describes an ethical decision a young commanding officer must make. A soldier under their leadership has been charged with an inappropriate relationship with a minor. The officer must decide between two actions that are legal within the military justice system. Each decision has ramifications that will significantly affect the organization. Complexity academic level The case is best taught in undergraduate and graduate leadership courses. Course participants do not need a detailed understanding of military leadership or military law to apply fundamental concepts.

Swords and Scales: The Development of the Uniform Code of Military Justice

1975 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 477
Author(s):  
Charles A. Leonard ◽  
William T. Generous
Keyword(s):  
Military Justice ◽  
Uniform Code

Rethinking Mutiny

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-57
Author(s):  
Keith Grint
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Military Justice ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Slave Ships ◽  
Uniform Code ◽  
The Difference

This chapter begins with defining mutiny and exploring its origins. It considers the nature of military relationships across time before focusing upon the British Army Act (1955) and the American Uniform Code of Military Justice. The issues of mutiny as a collective act, and the active or passive role of those involved in mutinies, are used to illustrate the intricacies of the legal framework which then flows into using cases of mutiny on slave ships to highlight the importance of the historical context. The nature of sovereign power is then used to illustrate both the coercive control over military subordinates and the fragility of that very same coercion. This leads into the way the act of mutiny is socially constructed—in other words, what counts as ‘mutiny’ is a subjective not an objective construction. The chapter concludes with two sections, the first of which lists the ‘Refrains of Mutiny’: the patterns that recur across space and time, from the social construction of mutiny to the importance of establishing who the enemy is, the role of antecedence, the default response of the authorities, the importance of scapegoating, the omnipresence of the phenomena, the role of the heroic leader, the impact of serendipity, the relational nature of leadership, and finally the role of enthralment. The final section focuses on various explanations of mutiny, using material drawn from political revolutions and industrial relations to highlight the similarities and differences between these and mutinies, and relates such disputes to the difference between agonism and antagonism.

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