Richards, Peter Judson,

Extraordinary justice : military tribunals in historical and international context / Peter Judson Richards. - 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-260) and index.

American practices from the founding through the Civil War -- British military tribunals and martial law in the Boer War -- France and the Conseils de Guerre of the First World War -- Trials by military commission in the Second World War -- Wartime tribunals and the future of warfare.

9780814769126 (e-book)


Military courts.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.


Electronic books.

K4754 / .R534 2007

343/.0143