Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) Newsgroups: net.legal Subject: Re: Query on WW2 US military justice Message-ID: <5957@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 14:40:36 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5957 Posted: Tue Nov 20 14:40:36 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Nov-84 05:50:31 EST References: <2193@ucla-cs.ARPA> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 14 > Some of my friends, however, insist that I am being too legalistic here; > that "anything" was possible in time of war; that a declared state of > "martial law" or some such would have given the commanding officer es- > sentially unlimited power to do whatever he felt was required to main- > tain order and discipline; etc., etc. > > I welcome any comments, clarifications, or whatever. If possible, > please cite actual sources (treaties, statutes, cases, etc.). any comments? I knew we shouldn't have shot Lt. Nedemeyer.