Guides: Military Law Treatises: Introduction

Introductory Resources

Military Law in a Nutshell by L. Hogue
Call Number: Reading Room Study Aids KF7210 .S52

This Nutshell aims to provide a succinct summary of military law and justice. It is designed for use by practicing lawyers seeking a succinct overview of military law, cadets at military academies and students in college R.O.T.C. programs, and members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard Judge Advocate General's Corps. Includes recent changes to laws such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Military Law in a Nutshell is also available online via West Academic Study Aids.

Guide to Homeland Security
This work provides explanation and background of major federal statutes, regulations and Executive Orders related to homeland security. The full text of relevant statutes and regulations are included, as well as an ALR bibliography and a table of laws and rules keyed to the book's chapters.

Military Criminal Justice : Practice and Procedure by David A. Schlueter
Definitive treatise that covers both substantive and procedural aspects of the law.
Military Law: Criminal Justice and Administrative Process
Includes chapters on issues of: Jurisdiction; Military Offenses; Investigating Alleged Misconduct; Disciplinary Measures Outside the Court-Martial System; Nonjudicial Punishment (UCMJ Art. 15); Court-Martial Personnel; Pre-Trial Procedure; Trial; Summary Courts-Martial; Court-Martial Post-Trial Procedure; and Collateral Review of Courts-Martial
The Modern Military and the Environment by William A. Wilcox
Call Number: KF3779.M5 W55 2007

"William Wilcox examines the most common environmental issues that the military faces during wartime and peacetime and provides an introduction to the legal authorities - including statutes, regulations, and executive orders - governing the application of environmental law to military activities."
The Supreme Court and Military Justice by Jonathan Lurie
Call Number: KF7609 .L87 2013

This book addresses the body of statutory and case law covering both the military and military conduct. Four chapters discuss the relationship between the Supreme Court and military justice, covering the Civil War era, World War II, the post-war period from 1956 to 1987, and developments since the September 11, 2001, attacks. Each chapter also includes a set of documents that shed light on these periods of U.S. history.