Legal And Legislative Basis Manual For Courts Martial United States

This book consists of a brief history of the preparation of the 1951 Manual for Courts-Martial, as well as twenty-five discussions of the legal and legislative considerations involved in the preparation. Col. Charles L. Decker wrote the history, whereas the same officers who prepared the initial drafts of the manual wrote most of the discussions. Those officers included Col. Decker, Lt. Col. Waldemar A. Solf, Maj. Gilbert G. Ackroyd, Maj. Kenneth J. Hodson, Maj. William H. Conley, Cdr. William A. Collier, Lt. Col. Jean F. Rydstrom, and Maj. Roger Currier.

"This pamphlet contains a short history of the preparation of the Manual ... together with brief discussions of the legal and legislative considerations involved in the drafting of the book."--Pref.

The Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), United States (2024 edition) updates the MCM (2019 edition) and MCM (2023 edition). It is a complete republishing and incorporates the promulgation of and amendments to the Preamble, Rules for Courts-Martial, Military Rules of Evidence, Punitive Articles, Nonjudicial Punishment Procedure, and Appendices 12A-D made by the President in Executive Orders (E.O.) 12473 of April 13, 1984, to present and specifically including E.O. 14062 (January 26, 2022) and E.O. 14103 (July 28, 2023). This edition also contains amendments to the Uniform Code of Military Justice made by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Pub. L. No. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (2019); the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Pub. L. No. 116-283, 134 Stat. 3388 (2020); the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-81, 135 Stat. 1541 (2021); and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Pub. L. No. 117-263, 136 Stat. 2395 (2022). Finally, this edition incorporates amendments to the Appendices and the supplementary materials accompanying the MCM.

2005 Edition. Updates the 2002 edition. Complete reprinting and incorporates the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) 2002 edition, the amendment to articles 43 and 111 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) made by the National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2004, the addition of Article 119a of the UCMJ created by the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004, 1 April 2004, and the 2004 amendments to the MCM Rules for Courts-Marital, Military Rules of Evidence, and Punitive Articles made by the President in Executive Order 13365 which can be found in Appendix 25.

This book consists of a brief history of the preparation of the 1951 Manual for Courts-Martial, as well as twenty-five discussions of the legal and legislative considerations involved in the preparation. Col. Charles L. Decker wrote the history, whereas the same officers who prepared the initial drafts of the manual wrote most of the discussions. Those officers included Col. Decker, Lt. Col. Waldemar A. Solf, Maj. Gilbert G. Ackroyd, Maj. Kenneth J. Hodson, Maj. William H. Conley, Cdr. William A. Collier, Lt. Col. Jean F. Rydstrom, and Maj. Roger Currier.