Court-Martial Sentences during the War

The Determinants of Court- Martial Decisions: an Empirical Investigation into the Air Force’s Criminal Court Process

Title of Document: THE DETERMINANTS OF COURTMARTIAL DECISIONS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE AIR FORCE’S CRIMINAL COURT PROCESS Patricia D. Breen, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Directed By: Professor Brian D. Johnson, Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice In spite of many similarities with civilian criminal courts, public debate continues about further “civilianizing” the modern court...

The Supreme Court During Crisis: How War Affects only Non-War Cases

Does the U.S. Supreme Court curtail rights and liberties when the nation’s security is under threat? In hundreds of articles and books, and with renewed fervor since September 11, 2001, members of the legal community have warred over this question. Yet, not a single large-scale, quantitative study exists on the subject. Using the best data available on the causes and outcomes of every civil rig...

Establishment an international prison in order to Execution of criminal sentences of the International Criminal Court

However, the punishment of imprisonment has become the main response of domestic and international arsenals; But now one of the most important challenges facing the International Criminal Court is how to enforce its sentences, and especially the execution of imprisonment.according to the Statute of the Court, imprisonment is carried out through voluntary agreements with the receiving countries ...

The Effect of War on the Supreme Court

The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances . . . When peace prevails, and the authority of the government is undisputed, there is no difficulty of preserving the safeguards of liberty . . . but if society is disturbed by civil commoti...

Former Supreme Court justice blasts minimum sentences for marijuana offenders.