William Winthrop
Published: 2017-11-18
Total Pages: 1114
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Excerpt from Military Law, Vol. 1 of 2 The author, however, will be fully recompensed for his labo if the same shall result in inspiring an interest in the study c Military Law as a department of legal science not heretofor duly recognized. The lawyer who, if he has not been led int the old error of confounding the military law proper with max tial law, has perhaps viewed it as consisting merely of an nn important and uninteresting scheme of discipline, will, it n hoped, discover in these pages that there is a military codeof greater age and dignity and of a more elevated tone than an) existing civil code, as also a military procedure, which, by it! Freedom from the technical forms and obstructive habits that embarrass and delay the operations of the civil courts, is enabled to result in a summary and efficient administration of justice well worthy of respect and imitation. The military student, on the other hand, in examining the cases cited, as adjudicated by the courts which expound the international law, the com mon law, the criminal law, and the maritime law, will, it i! Thought, more fully appreciate the connection between the mili tary law and the general law of the land - will perceive that the former, while distinct and individual, is not an isolated ex ception, but a branch of the great body of the public law. Variously and harmoniously affiliated with the other branches of the system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.