This collection includes material from the William Winthrop Memorial Library at the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) is the legal arm of the United States Army, established on July 29, 1775 by General George Washington. Selections of their physical library collection have been digitized and made available to the public online, including primary source materials and publications in the field of military law.
Articles and Essays
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Judge Advocate General's Legal Center & School Materials JAG Legal Center & School Materials includes issues of the Military Law Review and The Army Lawyer for over 50 years. It also contains deskbooks, handbooks, and training manuals for JAG officers in the military. This section highlights material specific to the school, including scrapbooks, newsletters, and theses. Finally, this section includes the Lieber collection—the personal library of Brigadier General Guido Norman Lieber. He...
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Historical Materials The Historical Materials section is subdivided chronologically, by war. The World War II material is the largest section, containing materials on war crimes trials. The material on the Nuremberg Trials contains all four major publications from the Trials: the official proceedings of the trial of the major war criminals (The Blue Series), documentary evidence and guide materials from that trial (The Red Series), the...
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Military Law and Legislative Histories The Military Law and Legislative Histories includes one of the most comprehensive legislative histories known for the principal documents of military law, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The legislative history begins in 1912 with the proposed Articles of War through its enactment and the first comprehensive revision in 1948 (known as the Elston Act). The collection contains selected papers of Edmund M....
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Index to Collections An index-style guide to what is available within the Military Legal Resources collection.