Military Justice in Modern History: The Adjudication of War and Violence in a Globalising World

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Military Justice in Modern History

The Adjudication of War and Violence in a Globalising World

Edited by: Kelly Maddox , Tino Schölz and Urs Matthias Zachmann
Funded by: Freie Universität Berlin

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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Volume 1 | War and Violence in the Japanese Empire

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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. At the same time, military justice also has served as an instrument of power in occupied territories by adjudicating the crimes of local inhabitants and has been vital to upholding order among prisoners of war.
This volume explores the adjudication of wartime violence through diverse case studies of military justice within modern history (c. 1850–1945). This was a formative period in which our contemporary international legal framework emerged against the backdrop of the internationalisation and standardisation of national, customary practices and the increasing totalisation and globalisation of modern warfare. By examining the evolving and dialectic functions of military justice within this dynamic context, the volume develops important historical perspectives on the enforcement of discipline in armed forces, the punishment of enemy combatants and the administration of law and justice over civilians in occupied areas.
"Military Justice in Modern History" reflects on issues in the adjudication of war and violence that are still prevalent in the conflict zones of our world today.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Military Justice in Modern History: An Introductory Overview Kelly Maddox and Tino Schölz Open Access Download PDF	1
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) Daniel Marc Segesser Open Access Download PDF	31
From Circumstantial Legislation to Civilianisation: A Century of Reforms in French Military Justice (1850–1928) Gwenaël Guyon Open Access Download PDF	57
Enforcing Discipline: The Institutional Development of the Imperial Japanese Army’s Justice System (1868–1945) Tino Schölz Open Access Download PDF	81
Arbitrary Justice: Military Tribunals in Early Twentieth-Century Bolivia Elizabeth Shesko Open Access Download PDF	119
British Courts Martial in the Era of the First World War, 1914–1920 Gerard Oram Open Access Download PDF	141
Fascist Justice: Italian Military Magistrates in the Colonies and Occupied Territories (1922–1945) Giovanni Focardi and Nicolò Da Lio Open Access Download PDF	167
Assessing Soviet Military Justice: Military Tribunals and the Punishment of Red Army Soldiers During the Second World War Franziska Exeler Open Access Download PDF	189
Heart of Darkness: Japanese Military Justice on the Road to Nanjing, 1937 Urs Matthias Zachmann Open Access Download PDF	221
The “Long Arm” of the Military Justice of the Wehrmacht: A Case Study on Luxembourgish Desertions Sarah Maya Vercruysse and Nina Janz Open Access Download PDF	247
Military Justice and its Potential for Violence towards Civilians Under Wartime Occupation: The Imperial Japanese Army in China, 1894–1941 Kelly Maddox Open Access Download PDF	271
Wehrmacht Military Courts as Instruments of Occupation: The Case of German-Occupied Norway, 1940–1945 Maria Fritsche Open Access Download PDF	301
Justice Behind the Lines: Prisoners of War, Military Justice and Reprisals in the First World War Brian K. Feltman Open Access Download PDF	325
Japanese Military Justice Against Allied Soldiers During the Pacific War 1941–1945: An Assessment of the Trial Against Walter Anker and Four Others Nicolas Stassar Open Access Download PDF	347
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eBook published on:

December 29, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783110989588

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December 29, 2025

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9783110999860

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Front matter:

6

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379

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10

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11

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110989588

eBook ISBN: 9783110989588

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110999860

Keywords for this book

Asia-Pacific War; Military history; history of violence; Japan

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Historians and Scholars of Asian history, Military history and the history of violence

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