The Need for Clarification in Military Habeas Corpus
Abstract
A few months after Washington's inauguration, our army numbered a mere 672 of the 840 authorized by Congress. Today, in dramatic contrast, the situation is this: Our armed forces number two and a half million; every resident male is a potential member of the peacetime armed forces; such service may occupy a minimum of four per cent of the adult life of the average American male reaching draft age; reserve obligations extend over ten per cent of such a person's life; and veterans are numbered in excess of twenty-two and a half million. When the authority of the military has such a sweeping capacity for affecting the lives of our citizenry, the wisdom of treating the military establishment as an enclave beyond the reach of the civilian courts almost inevitably is drawn into question.
Keywords
Habeas Corpus
Publication Date
1966
Document Type
Article
Place of Original Publication
Ohio State Law Journal
Publication Information
27 Ohio St. L. J. (1966)
Repository Citation
Katz, Lewis R. and Nelson, Grant S., "The Need for Clarification in Military Habeas Corpus" (1966). Faculty Publications. 1079.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/1079
