Military Judges' Benchbook (2017)

Book excerpt: Printed in COLOR This revised Department of the Army Pamphlet (DA PAM 27-9) incorporates the substantive criminal law found in the Manual for Courts-Martial, through the 2017 Edition; decisions of military and higher courts; and comments and opinions of individual legal specialists on criminal law. Unfortunately, this book is only available on line so if you have to go to the field, or anywhere you don't have access to the internet, you are out of luck. So, the alternative is to download to your tablet or smart phone (with tiny print) or buy a printed copy. This is Volume 3. Volume 1 - Chapters 1 & 2 Volume 2 - Chapter 3 Volume 3 - Chapters 4 to 8 Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it's all there - including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these large documents as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound, full-size (8 1⁄2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. If you like the service we provide, please leave positive review on Amazon.com. Without positive feedback from the community, we may discontinue the service and y'all can go back to printing these books manually yourselves.