A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States: Together with the Practice and Procedure of Courts-martial and Other Military TribunalsThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005 - 813 páginas Reprint of the final edition. Although the title leads one to expect a basic procedural manual, this book goes well beyond its stated purpose to offer a great deal of historical and jurisprudential information. Davis [1847-1914] examines the authority and sources of military law and its relation to civilian law. He also pays close attention to its debt to English military law and custom, some of it dating back to the middle ages. Davis [1847-1914] was Judge-Advocate General of the U.S. Army and Professor of Law at West Point. |
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A Treatise on the Military Law of the United States. Together with the ... George B 1847-1914 Davis Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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