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Military Law (3d ed.). By Edward M. Byrne. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Pp. xxiii, 790. Table of abbreviations, 47 appendixes, selfquizzes with answers, glossary, bibliography, table of cases cited, and index. $22.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

J. Ashley Roach
J. Ashley Roach*
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Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 198 - 199
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1983

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1 10 U.S.C. §§801–940.

2 For example, the Secretary of the Navy has issued a general order, SECNAV Instruction 3300.1A of May 3, 1980, which requires the reporting to higher authority by each member of the Department of the Navy who has knowledge of or receives a report of an apparent violation of the law of armed conflict suspected of having been committed by or against members of, or persons accompanying or serving with, the armed forces of the United States, or their property, as well as violations of the law of armed conflict suspected to have been committed by or against allied military or civilian personnel or against allied military or civilian property. Failure to do so is punishable by confinement at hard labor for 2 years and a dishonorable discharge or dismissal, even if the accused did not know he was required to report such violations to higher authority. This aspect of the order is designed to make punishable any cover-ups like those associated with the My Lai incident.

3 It is the policy of the U.S. Department of Defense that all military operations and related activities in armed conflict shall be conducted in compliance with the law of war. Dep’t of Defense Directive No. 5100.77 of July 10, 1979, Subject: DoD Law of War Program.

4 Pub. L. No. 97–81, Nov. 20, 1981, 95 Stat. 1085 (amending 10 U.S.C. §§701, 813, 832, 838, 867, and 869, and adding §§706, 707, and 876a). Nor does the book reflect the minor technical corrections to the UCMJ made by Pub. L. No. 96–513, Title V, §511(24 & 25), Dec. 12, 1980.