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A Comparative Study Of Military Justice Reforms In Britain And America, Robert S. Pasley Jr.
A Comparative Study Of Military Justice Reforms In Britain And America, Robert S. Pasley Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Articles of War and the Rules for the Government of the United States Navy which were adopted by the Continental Congress in 1775 were patterned after the corresponding military and naval codes in effect at the time in Great Britain.' Since their initial adoption, they have each been amended on several occasions, and have finally been brought together into a single set of articles known as the Uniform Code of Military Justice, enacted in 1950. Similarly, the British statutes and procedures relating to military justice have been revised from time to time, most recently as a result of the …