March to Justice Global Military Law Landmarks

I want to take the opportunity to congratulate Major Navdeep Singh and Colonel Franklin Rosenblatt for coordinating and encouraging an extraordinary dialogue among the contributors on this subject. I do not doubt that this book will turn to be a piece of leading literature to those seeking to understand the most pressing challenges, landmark decisions, and opportunities of military courts around the world in democratic societies.—Diego García-Sayán, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and LawyersAbout the BookAn anthology of important judgments across jurisdictions, March to Justice: Global Military Law Landmarks is a unique work. The book, an international release, contains short essays and commentaries by jurists, judges and academics from around the world on milestone judicial decisions that changed the course of military law in different jurisdictions.The book aims to provide information on the diverse course taken by military law, justice and reform in various nations, and generate lessons and learning from these experiences, besides triggering a comparative analysis.The contents are articulated in simple non-technical language that is easy to assimilate even for a layperson. The book should appeal to the general reader as well as those interested in the military, law, politics, public policy, governance and human rights.The book contains contributions related to various nations, including USA, India, Canada, UK, The Netherlands, Colombia, China, Australia, Georgia, Israel, Pakistan, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Denmark, Nepal and Turkey.About the EditorsNavdeep Singh is a lawyer at the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, India. He was the founder President of the Armed Forces Tribunal Bar Association at Chandigarh. Based on the sentiment expressed by the Prime Minister of India for curbing unnecessary litigation initiated by the Ministry of Defence against its own employees and former employees, he was made a part (gratis) of a High-Level Committee of Experts constituted by the then Defence Minister for reducing litigation initiated by the Ministry of Defence & Defence Services in service and pension related matters and to strengthen the system of redressal of grievances. He is a strong supporter of judicial independence.Franklin D Rosenblatt teaches Law at Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, where his scholarship focuses on criminal law. He is a retired officer of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Army where he served for 20 years. He is also a Judge of the Military Court of Appeals, Mississippi.Both editors are practising lawyers, in India and the USA respectively, who specialise in constitutional law with particular interest in military law. Both have served in the military in the past and have also been participants at the drafting of the Yale Draft, an internationally significant military justice reference conceptualised at the Yale Law School to improve upon the Decaux Principles, a United Nations document (Issue of the administration of justice through military tribunals/United Nations Economic & Social Council).