Recently added articles from The Army Lawyer:
Sex Offender Registration Laws and the Uniform Code of Military Justice: A Primer
Aug 01, 2009; ... Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.1 I. Introduction Before 2006, most trial defense counsel had little reason to consider sex offender registration laws in their day-to-day business. In late-2006, this changed completely when the Court of Appeals ...
Government Contracting Disputes: It's Not All About the Money
Aug 01, 2009; ... Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.1 I. Introduction Money isn't everything. This cliché is not only true in life; it is also true in the world of government contract appeals. Nonmonetary ...
"Defending Those Who Defend America":1 Avoiding Conflicts of Interest in Order to Provide an Ethical and Effective Defense
Aug 01, 2009; ... Introduction The U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG Corps) is this country's oldest, and one of the largest, law firms.3 Despite its rich history, the military justice system was very slow in evolving the defense function of the JAG Corps into an independent entity. Although ...
LINCOLN AND THE COURT1
Aug 01, 2009; ... My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it . . . . What I do about slavery, . . . I do because I ...
The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, The Supreme Court, and The Betrayal of Reconstruction1
Aug 01, 2009; ... I. Introduction In The Day Freedom Died, author Charles Lane masterfully details the dynamics of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era in Louisiana.3 He tells the story of the horrific murders of dozens of black men in Colfax, Louisiana on 13 April 1873, and describes how our legal ...