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I occasionally search abe.com for military justice books I would like to own but don't. (If anyone knows how I can buy a copy of Colonel Snedeker's A Brief History of Courts-Martial or Homer Moyer's Justice and the Military, please let me know.)
In making one of my periodic quixotic quests recently, I came across something that I find very odd. In 2000, William S. Hein & Co. republished the Navy OJAG's incredibly useful Index and Legislative History, Uniform Code of Military Justice. You can still buy it from Hein for $115, though the need to do so has been largely supplanted by the Library of Congress's free on-line file featuring the same material. But suppose I want to take it to the beach with me for some light sea-side reading, so I really want to buy the book. Since I can get a new copy from Hein for $115, why would I pay $318.47 for a used copy? It's not like it's signed by Professor Morgan.
Six copies of the Index are available on abe.com from three different book dealers. Every single one costs more than a new copy from Hein. I'm not a Law and Economics disciple, but I would have thought that the marketplace would be sufficiently rational to prevent such bizarre pricing. Can anyone explain this one to me?
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Military justice research links
- 2008 Military Judges' Benchbook web site
- AFMAN 51-203, Records of Trial (1 Oct 1999)
- AFPD 51-2, Administration of Military Justice (7 Sep 1993)
- Air Force Instruction 51-201, Administration of Military Justice (21 Dec 07)
- Air Force Rules of Professional Conduct
- AR 27-10, Military Justice (16 Nov 2005)
- AR 27-26, Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers (1 May 1992)
- COMDTINST M5810.1D, Military Justice Manual (17 Aug 2000)
- Congressional Research Service, Statutory Interpretation: General Principles and Trends (March 30, 2006 ed.)
- Congressional Research Service, The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation: Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States (2002) with 2006 supplement
- JAGINST 5803.1C, Professional Conduct of Attorneys Practicing Under the Cognizance and Supervision of the Judge Advocate General (9 Nov 04)
- JAGINST 5810.2A, Military Justice Regulations (17 Sep 93)
- JAGMAN, JAGINST 5800.7E (20 Jun 07)
- Law Library Microform Consortium, Military Law Collection
- LOC military law collection
- Manual for Courts-Martial (2008 ed.)
- Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2005 ed.)
- Manual of the Judge Advocate General (JAGMAN), JAGINST 5800.7E (20 Jun 2007)
- Military Justice, Army Regulation 27-10 (16 Nov 2005)
- UCMJ (as of 28 Jan 2008)
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- Air Force Law Review
- Army Lawyer
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- Coast Guard trial and appellate dockets
- Court-Martial Trial Practice blog
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- Journal of Military and Veteran Law
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- NIMJ's web site
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- NMCCA's web site
- SCOTUSblog (aka, the greatest blog on the planet)
- Supreme Court's web site
- The Reporter [Air Force]
- This Court-Martial Sentences You To . . . [blog]
- TJAGLCS's web site
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7 comments:
Maybe the used ones highlight all the good stuff, thereby saving you the trouble of reading the whole thing.
Oh dear, I think I may have donated either one or two of your selections to the NIMJ library last year --- perhaps a massive donation?
Phil Cave shouold have a better than anticipated tax season, what next for you CAAFlog, trusts and estates advice?
I may actually buy it now that it is available. I hate those online legis histories. Honestly, I never knew the Library of Congress had an entire site devoted to Military Legal resources Click Here For Library of Congress Military Legal Resources
If you are looking to buy used books, check out www.addall.com which is an aggregator site that searches about 40 used book sites. The price for any given volume can very at least 100%.
andrewdb
I hope you'll forgive my random posting. J. Robert Lilly came out with TAKEN BY FORCE this month. It's a must-read for anyone who is interested in the history of military justice in the United States Army.
I have a copy of Snedeker that I have also put on pdf for quick reference. [It does take a real MJ geek to have such a thing for "quick reference"]. Let me know if you want to have it forwarded.
In re the purchase of the little book, several years ago I found it on ebay.
Phil, neither of those titles was in the donation to NIMJ, so there's no need to lose sleep.
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