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Collection Military Legal Resources

U.S. Army Regulations, Manuals, Circulars, and Pamphlets

Assorted procedures, standards of conduct, codes, and operational manuals provided for the U.S. Army.

Army Regulations

Number Title Date
AR 633-15 Procedure of Military Executions April 7, 1959
AR 600-50 Standards of Conduct for Department of the Army Personnel Oct. 1, 1982
AR 600-50 Standards of Conduct for Department of the Army Personnel Nov. 20, 1984
AR 600-50 Standards of Conduct for Department of the Army Personnel Sept. 25, 1986
AR 600-50 Standards of Conduct for Department of the Army Personnel Jan. 28, 1988
AR 27-26 Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers May 1, 1992
AR 27-10 Military Justice June 24, 1996
AR 27-10 Military Justice Sept. 6, 2002
AR 27-10 Military Justice Nov. 16, 2005

Field Manuals, Training Circulars, Technical Manuals

Number Title Date
FM 27-10 Rules of Land Warfare Apr. 25, 1914
[FM 27-10] Rules of Land Warfare Jan. 2, 1934
FM 27-10 Rules of Land Warfare Oct. 1, 1940
TM 27-255 Military Justice Procedure Feb. 1945
FM 27-5 Civil Affairs Military Government Oct. 1947
FM 19-40 Handling Prisoners of War Nov. 1952
FM 27-10 Law of Land Warfare July 1956
- Civil Affairs... (casebook for use with FM 27-10) Sept. 1958
FM 41-10 Civil Affairs Operations May 1962
TC 27-10-1 Selected Problems in the Law of War June 1979
FM 27-2 Your Conduct in Combat under the Law of War Nov. 23, 1984
FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation May 8, 1987
TC 27-10-2 Prisoners of War Sept. 1991
FM 27-100 Legal Operations Sept. 3, 1991
FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation Sept. 28. 1992
TM 8-240 Military Mental Health Law Sept. 29, 1992
FM 27-100 Legal Support to Operations Mar. 1, 2000
FM 3-19.40 Military Police Internment/Resettlement Operations Aug. 1, 2001
FM 27-10 Law of War Documentary Supplement 2003
- Law of War Handbook 2004
FM 27-10 Law of War Documentary Supplement 2005
- Law of War Handbook 2005
FM 2-22.3 Human Intelligence Collector Operations Sept. 6, 2006
FM 27-10 Law of War Documentary Supplement 2009
FM 27-10 Law of War Documentary Supplement 2010
FM 27-10 Law of War Documentary Supplement 2011

War Department Pamphlets

Number Title Date
WD PAM 27-4 Procedure for Military Executions June 12, 1944
n/a POW: The Fight Continues After the Battle. The Report...on Prisoners of War Aug. 1955
DA PAM 20-151 Lectures of the Geneva Convention of 1949 Apr. 1958
DA PAM 20-151 Lectures of the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 July 1951
DA PAM 21-71 The US Fighting Man's Code Nov. 1955
DA PAM 21-71 US Fighting Man's Code 1959 (supersedes above vol.)
DA PAM 27-2 Analysis of Contents, Manual for Courts-Martial, United States 1969, Revised Edition July 1970
DA PAM 27-4 Procedure for Military Executions Dec. 1947
DA PAM 27-7 Guide for Summary Courts-Martial Trial Procedure June 15, 1985
DA PAM 27-9 Military Judges' Benchbook Jan. 1, 2010
DA PAM 27-9-1 Military Judges' Benchbook For Trial of Enemy Prisoners of War Oct. 4, 2004
DA PAM 27-17 Procedural Guide for Article 32(b) Investigating oFficer Sept. 16, 1990
DA PAM 27-17 Military Justice Handbook, Procedural Guide for Article 32(b) Investigating Officer Mar. 15, 1985
DA PAM 27-17 Military Justice Handbook, Procedural Guide for Article 32(b) Investigating Officer May 1980
DA PAM 27-17 Military Justice Handbook, Procedural Guide for Article 32(b) Investigating Officer June 1970
DA PAM 27-26 DA-PAM 27-26 (Dec. 1987) Dec. 1987
DA PAM 27-161-1 Law of Peace, Volume 1 Sept. 1979
DA PAM 27-173 Trial Procedure Dec. 1992