When a rose is not a rose: Military Commissions v. Courts-Martial
The Military Commissions Act developed a judicial system based upon that of General Courts-Martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The military commissions will use many of the same personnel and share some procedures with general courts-martial, but certain aspects show them to be very...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2015]
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Journal of international criminal justice
Jahr: 2007, Band: 5, Heft: 1, Seiten: 48-58 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The Military Commissions Act developed a judicial system based upon that of General Courts-Martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The military commissions will use many of the same personnel and share some procedures with general courts-martial, but certain aspects show them to be very dissimilar. Specifically: the revised evidentiary rules on coerced statements, hearsay and classified evidence; the lack of speedy trial rights; the absence of a formal pre-trial investigation; and the failure to apply case law precedent. These differences will have significant secondary effects on the process that are not favourable to a defendant. As a result of both the primary and secondary effects of the differences, the commissions will provide significantly less due process to unlawful combatants than the general court-martial process will provide to their lawful combatant counterparts |
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Beschreibung: | Online-Ressource |
ISSN: | 1478-1395 |
DOI: | 10.1093/jicj/mql098 |