Obeying orders: atrocity, military discipline and the law of war
OSIEL Mark J
Obeying orders: atrocity, military discipline and the law of war - New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Transaction Publishers, 1999 - 398p.
Critically examines how military law addresses the question of 'due obediance'; is a soldier who has obeyed illegal orders personally liable? Most cases which result in litigation involve traditional atrocities. The author seeks to 'civilianize' military law while building on soldiers' own virtuousness. He rehabilitates the ancient ideal of martial honour, reinterpreting it in light of new conditions and implementing it through realistic training in which legal counsel plays an enlarged role.
156000407X (hbk.): 34.95 US
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
MILITARY LAW
MILITARY OFFENCES
MILITARY SOCIOLOGY
WAR CRIMES
Obeying orders: atrocity, military discipline and the law of war - New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Transaction Publishers, 1999 - 398p.
Critically examines how military law addresses the question of 'due obediance'; is a soldier who has obeyed illegal orders personally liable? Most cases which result in litigation involve traditional atrocities. The author seeks to 'civilianize' military law while building on soldiers' own virtuousness. He rehabilitates the ancient ideal of martial honour, reinterpreting it in light of new conditions and implementing it through realistic training in which legal counsel plays an enlarged role.
156000407X (hbk.): 34.95 US
MILITARY DISCIPLINE
MILITARY LAW
MILITARY OFFENCES
MILITARY SOCIOLOGY
WAR CRIMES