 | Gabrielle Kirk McDonald - Law - 2000 - 2506 pages
...the chief commander. Article 13 Military jurisdiction is of two kinds: first, that which is conferred and defined by statute; second, that which is derived from the common law of war. Military offenses under the statute law must be tried in the manner therein directed; but military offenses... | |
 | Edward Steers - History - 2003 - 560 pages
...the order referred to says: "Military jurisdiction is of two kinds : first, that which is conferred and defined by statute; second, that which is derived from the common law of war." How, then, can a military jurisdiction administer civil and penal law? There is but one solution to... | |
 | US War Department - History - 2005 - 268 pages
...approval of the chief commander. 13. Military jurisdiction is of two kinds: First, that which is conferred and defined by statute; second, that which is derived from the common law of war. Military offenses under the statute law must be tried in the manner therein directed; but military offenses... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1892 - 786 pages
..."instructions" is as follows: "Military jurisdiction is of two kinds: first, that which is conferred and defined by statute; second, that which is derived...therein directed ; but military offences which do not conie within the statute must be tried and punished under the common law of war. The character of the... | |
 | United States - 1900 - 920 pages
...approval of the chief commander. 13. Military jurisdiction is of two kinds: First, that which is conferred and defined by statute; second, that which is derived from the common law of war. Military offenses under the statute law must be tried in the manner therein directed; but military offenses... | |
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Military offenses under the statute law must be tried in the manner therein directed; but military offenses which do not come within the statute must be tried and punished under the common law of war. The character of the courts which exercise these jurisdictions... 
