Military Justice: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Developments (RIDP Libri, 2026)

Preface

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Preface
Eugene Fidell
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Introduction
Gwenaël Guyon, Evert Kleynhans, Anna la Grange, Sonja Els, Mariella Terzoli

Part 1 - History of military justice

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State formation and military justice: The emergence of courts-martial in France and England (1630-1660)
Guillaume Pinet
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‘I am left, like a wanderer in a wilderness, to proceed at hasard’. Washington and the difficult distinction between Militia justice and regular military justice
David Gilles
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Another ‘vanishing point of international law: The tenuous link between universal jurisdiction and national military jurisdiction over enemy soldiers in wartime
David Turns
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The first test of South African military justice: The 1914 Afrikaner rebellion and the execution of Captain Jopie Fourie
Evert Kleynhans, Andries Fokkens
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From London to Paris, via Algiers: De Gaulle, the Free French and military justice
Gwenaël Guyon
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Women before military justice. The trial of mobilized female civilians in the military court of Milan during the Second World War
Raffaella Bianchi Riva
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‘Ordinary’ collaborators? The criminal prosecution of Belgian gendarmes after the second world war
Jonas Campion

Part 2 - Military justice today

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Military justice reform: judicial independence and military judges
Jeff Blackett, Eugene Fidell
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Judicial independence in Commonwealth military courts – a work in progress
Christopher Griggs
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The fight for justice: addressing moral injury compensation for service members in the South African national defence force
Piet Bester, Sonja Els
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Should the military be removed from jurisdiction over criminal sexual offences? What effective echo for the work of civilian judges on the reform of Canadian military justice in matters of sexual assault and gender discrimination?
David Gilles
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Maladministration, fraud and corruption in South African defence procurement: where to in terms of justice, discipline and accountability?
Michelle Nel, Ernst Heydenrych
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The meaning and enforcement of discipline in the Netherlands armed forces: from subordination to virtuous
Yvette Foliant
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Crimes de guerre et nouvelles technologies: le cas des drones dans la guerre Russo-Ukrainienne
Nicolas Cuer
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The decline of Belgian military criminal law
Jens Claerman, Pieter-Jan Tuts
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La résurrection des juridictions militaires en temps de paix: aspects institutionnels et difficultés pratiques du système Belge
Nicolas B. Bernard