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In updating the military justice research links on this page today, I came across something disturbing. I have previously noted that the Navy JAG web site's reading room includes the 2000 edition of the Manual for Courts-Martial and the 2000 edition of the UCMJ. That's bad enough, but at least almost everyone tempted to access the MCM will know that's not the current edition. Not so with the Reading Room's link to the JAGMAN. Wouldn't you think that the Navy JAG Corps' own web site would include the most current version of the JAGMAN which is, after all, issued by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy? I did. But I was wrong. Go to the Navy JAG Corps web site's home page here. Now click on Reading Room, which will take you here. Now click on the top link, which is called "Navy JAG Instructions and COMNAVLEGSVCOM Instructions." Scroll down to "JAG 5800.7D" which is the JAGMAN (or, to be more precise, which was the JAGMAN). What's the date? 15 March 2004. Why, of why, isn't the current version -- JAGINST 5800.7E dated 20 June 2007 -- on the Navy JAG Corps' own web site?
It seems apparent from the comments on this blog that most of the active readers are naval judge advocates. Could one of you seize the initiative to get the Navy JAG Corps' web site updated before some poor counsel or judge gets a case reversed for relying on an outdated regulation?
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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)
Links
- ACCA's web site
- AFCCA's web site
- AIr Force Judge Advocate General's School's web site
- Air Force Law Review
- Army Lawyer
- Army Trial Judiciary's docket
- CAAF's web site
- CAAFlog.com
- CGCCA's web site
- Coast Guard trial and appellate dockets
- Court-Martial Trial Practice blog
- JAA American Inn of Court's web site
- JAA's web site
- JAG LAW Blog
- JAG Magazine [Navy]
- Journal of Military and Veteran Law
- Military Law Review
- Naval Law Review
- NIMJ's web site
- NJS's web site
- 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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3 comments:
Made the appropriate communication and now the problem is solved. Good call.
Its worth pointing out that the website this refers to is the public website and not the JAG research site. Actual judge advocate research materials are provided internally on Navy Knowledge Online, hence the lapse in attention to the JAG public page.
Still, never good to let the public (or those always helpful, pseudo-media bloggers) think that you are relying on outdated material. I note that the docs have been updated.
Thanks, Interested!
Anon, I think it's crucial to keep in mind that a number of civilian counsel without access to NKO practice in the naval justice system. It would strike me as highly problematic if, say, military counsel have access to the latest JAGMAN while the civilian defense counsel has electronic access only to the 2004 JAGMAN. (I am extremely pleased that that is no longer the case.)
In fact, it isn't apparent to me why the Navy JAG Corps puts so much information -- including, for example, the latest issue of the Naval Law Review and a large number of NMCCA opinions -- on NKO but not on a web site easily available to the general public and judge advocates from other services. What would be the harm of putting the NKO research materials on a public site? I see substantial benefits to doing so.
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