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Constitution and National Security; Congress; President; War Powers Resolution; Courts; Use of Force Abroad; Internal Disorders; Entry into Military; Enlistment; Officer Appointments; Reservists; Constitutional and Other Rights; Due Process; Equal Protection; First Amendment Rights: Religion, Speech, Political Participation, Symbolic Expression, Publications, Assembly, Petitions, Association; Other Rights: Voting; Residency and Tax Situs; Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act; Reemployment; Veterans' Preferences; Military Criminal Justice System; Administrative Correction; Nonjudicial Punishment (Article 15); Courts-Martial; Jurisdiction; Military Criminal Process Through Trial; Appellate Review; Military Crimes; Defenses and Punishments; Constitutional Safeguards: Search and Seizure, Self-Incrimination, Right to Counsel; Law of Armed Conflict; Treaties; Customary Law; Violations; Discharge and Administrative Separation; Enlisted Discharges; Officer Dismissals; Administrative Review; Compensation; Tort Claims; Administrative Claims Remedies; Veterans' Benefits.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the military laws of the United States, including sections on military justice, administration, and personnel. It also includes the full text of the Constitution of the United States. This book is an essential resource for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of the U.S. military's legal framework. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book brings into focus the legal status of armed forced on foreign territory within, inter alia, the context of multi-national exercises and a variety of so-called crisis management operations. When it comes to criminal offences committed by military personnel while abroad it is important to know whether such offences fall under the criminal jurisdiction of the Sending State or that of the Host State. The book analyses this question from two different perspectives, namely traditional public international law and military operational law. Taking his readership through two hundred years of international practice the author arrives at the current practice of laying down the status of forces deployed abroad in so-called Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs). Having looked at SOFAs from the two different law perspectives the author proposes the development of a “Status of Forces Compendium” to serve as a kind of guideline for future SOFAs. The author’s intention in proposing this idea is to instigate further discussion on the subject in public international law and criminal law circles and among armed forces’ legal advisors. Joop Voetelink is an Associate Professor of Military Law at the Netherlands Defence Academy.