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"No. 144. Navy Department, Washington, D.C., May 22, 1947." ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Considers (80) H.R. 1600, (80) H.R. 2055. ; Committee Serial No. 2. Considers legislation to codify and simplify criminal and judicial laws. ; Record is based on bibliographic data in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index. Reuse except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc. ; Indexed in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index Part V ; Considers (80) H.R. 1600, (80) H.R. 2055. ; Committee Serial No. 2. Considers legislation to codify and simplify criminal and judicial laws. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Considers (88) S. 63, (88) S. 1057. ; Considers legislation providing legal counsel for indigent defendants in Federal courts. ; Record is based on bibliographic data in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index. Reuse except for individual research requires license from Congressional Information Service, Inc. ; Indexed in CIS US Congressional Committee Hearings Index Part VII ; Considers (88) S. 63, (88) S. 1057. ; Considers legislation providing legal counsel for indigent defendants in Federal courts. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Organized by the United Nations in cooperation with the government of Sweden. ; Bound with: 1961 seminar on the protection of human rights in the administration of criminal justice. 1961. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"No. 78. Washington, D.C., March 12, 1947." ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Hearing held April 14, 1947. ; "No. 125." ; Caption title. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The Uniform Code of Military Justice, which became effective in May, 1951, was enacted largely in response to the criticisms leveled at the administration of military justice during World War I. The Code reflected the prevailing feeling that military justice should be brought more nearly into line with the criminal procedures followed in civilian courts. To further this objective, Congress required that in general court-martial cases legally qualified counsel be appointed to represent both the Government and the accused. The position of "law officer" was created and invested with much of the authority exercised by a federal district judge in criminal cases. A third significant innovation was the establishment of the Court of Military Appeals, to consist of three judges appointed from civilian life. The court acts as the top appellate tribunal and has jurisdiction to hear appeals from the decisions of service boards of review in the more serious cases, usually involving sentences to a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge.

"[The author] prepared the work as his doctoral thesis [at New York University, School of Law]." ; Bibliography: p. 251-259. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"January 1, 1959." ; Pt. 1. Organization and operation of the courts -- pt. 2. Juvenile law. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Committee Serial No. 16. Considers legislation to strengthen criminal penalties for interstate trafficking in gambling devices and gambling information and for interstate travel to obstruct justice, to extend the Fugitive Felon Act, to authorize Federal use of wiretapping and the granting of immunity from criminal prosecution, and to establish a Justice Dept Office of Syndicated Crime. ; "Serial no. 16." ; Hearings held May 17-31, 1961. ; Emanuel Celler, subcommittee chairman. ; Committee Serial No. 16. Considers legislation to strengthen criminal penalties for interstate trafficking in gambling devices and gambling information and for interstate travel to obstruct justice, to extend the Fugitive Felon Act, to authorize Federal use of wiretapping and the granting of immunity from criminal prosecution, and to establish a Justice Dept Office of Syndicated Crime. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The Articles of War and the Articles for the Government of the Navy have always constituted the code of criminal law and criminal procedure for the Armed Forces. In contrast to the law governing civilians, the punishments imposable are not specified in the Code but are left to be fixed by the military authorities, except that the later codes do not authorize punishment by death save for specifically designated offenses. The system also provides for summary punishment for minor infractions and a series of courts--a general court having power to try all offenses, a special court with limited power to impose punishment and a so-called summary or deck court with very limited powers. Unlike the civilian courts, each of which has a permanent judge or group of judges, the court-martial is appointed by military authorities to try a designated case or series of cases. In this respect, it resembles the civilian jury rather than the civilian court, but its members under the orthodox system perform the functions of both judge and jury in determining guilt and fixing sentences.

Vol. 1. Recommendations for the reorganization of the structure of the courts of the State of New York and their administration -- v. 2. Second preliminary report of the Advisory Committee on Practice and Procedure. ; Mode of access: Internet.

At head of title: State of New York. ; Vol. 1. A recommendation for a simplified state-wide court system, December 21, 1956 -- v. 2. Recommendations for amendments to the Youth Court Act, January 9, 1957 -- v. 3. First preliminary report of the Advisory Committee on Practice and Procedure, February 1, 1957 -- v. 4. Recommendations respecting calendar congestion and delay, February 4, 1957. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The United States Court of Military Appeals has been referred to as the "most vital element" in the reformation and unification of military criminal law brought about by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It represents a further extension of civilian control over the military--a concept long deemed vital to the American framework of democratic government. The Court is not faced with an easy task, and no one is more aware of this than the judges themselves. Like all institutions established as a result of reform movements, its activities are subject to close public scrutiny. The work of the Court is being analyzed on the one hand by segments of the civilian bar who have acquired a distrust of the military courts-martial system; it is being carefully watched on the other by those of the military who were apprehensive of its existence from the beginning. It is almost axiomatic that what pleases one group will almost certainly not please the other. It should not be concluded, however, that everyone interested in the Court's work can be classified as being basically motivated either for or against the Court. There are, I am sure, many who feel that its establishment was a necessary step in the improvement of the scheme of military justice, but who will base their final judgment upon its work unswayed by preconceived prejudices. It is my hope that the legal journals will be numbered among this group and that they will do for our Court what they have long done for the American judiciary--provide an interested but critical forum for analysis of its work. Everyone, I am sure, realizes that the proper operation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice does not depend solely upon this Court. The cases considered here constitute but a small fraction of the total. The most that we can do is mark out the boundaries and build the framework around the foundation provided by Congress in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Although America prides itself on its government by laws, not men, the laws are of little avail if they ...

Summit Conference of Independent African States meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 22 to 25 May 1963 ; The imperious and urgent necessity of co-ordinating and intensifying efforts to put an end to the South African Government's criminal policy of apartheid and wipe out racial discrimination in all its forms.