Uniform Code of Military Justice

The Uniform Code of Military Justice ( UCMJ, German: "United Code of Military Jurisdiction" ) is the military criminal law of the United States and therefore the legal basis for the American military justice dar. He came into force in 1950 and sets out which offenses are punishable and what types of court hearings there.

The UCMJ is composed of 159 articles ( 146 original and 13 added item ). In the collected U.S. federal law, the United States Code, it is classified as follows: Title 10 ( Armed Forces), Subtitle A (General Military Law), Part II ( Human Resources), Chapter 47 ( UCMJ ).

Structure of the Uniform Code of Military Justice

In Section 802, Article 2 defines who ever subject to the UCMJ. Here a distinction is made between members of the regular armed forces, cadets, reservists, National Guardsmen, retirees, members of the National Oceanic - Atmospheric offices ( NOAA), the outpatient department (EHS ) and the other, the armed forces assigned to or serving with them organizations, prisoners of war and other detainees in custody of the armed forces, coalition partners, and other categories.

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The Uniform Code of Military Justice is the basis for the Judge Advocate General's Corps, a special form of military justice. The military law enforcement agencies of the U.S. Army ( Criminal Investigation Command ) on the one hand and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps ( Naval Criminal Investigative Service ) on the other hand, operate on the basis of the UCMJ.