Military Justice in Modern History : The Adjudication of War and Violence in a Globalising World / Kelly Maddox.

Intro -- Contents -- Military Justice in Modern History: An Introductory Overview -- National and International Means of (Military) Justice: Four Circles of a Legal Debate on the Punishment of Violations of the Laws of War in the Period Between the Franco-Prussian War and the Beginning of the Cold War (1864–1949) -- From Circumstantial Legislation to Civilianisation: A Century of Reforms in French Military Justice (1850–1928) -- Enforcing Discipline: The Institutional Development of the Imperial Japanese Army's Justice System (1868–1945) -- Arbitrary Justice: Military Tribunals in Early Twentieth-Century Bolivia -- British Courts Martial in the Era of the First World War, 1914–1920 -- Fascist Justice: Italian Military Magistrates in the Colonies and Occupied Territories (1922–1945) -- Assessing Soviet Military Justice: Military Tribunals and the Punishment of Red Army Soldiers During the Second World War -- Heart of Darkness: Japanese Military Justice on the Road to Nanjing, 1937 -- The "Long Arm" of the Military Justice of the Wehrmacht: A Case Study on Luxembourgish Desertions -- Military Justice and its Potential for Violence towards Civilians Under Wartime Occupation: The Imperial Japanese Army in China, 1894–1941 -- Wehrmacht Military Courts as Instruments of Occupation: The Case of German-Occupied Norway, 1940–1945 -- Justice Behind the Lines: Prisoners of War, Military Justice and Reprisals in the First World War -- Japanese Military Justice Against Allied Soldiers During the Pacific War 1941–1945: An Assessment of the Trial Against Walter Anker and Four Others -- Contributors -- Index.

Military justice has long played a central role in the adjudication of war and violence throughout the world.It is one of the principal mechanisms used to maintain soldierly discipline as well as to protect civilian populations.

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