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Uniform Code of Military Justice; Text, References and Commentary
Based on the Report of the Committee on a Uniform Code of
Military Justice to the Secretary of Defense [the Morgan Draft]
(1949)
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In 1948, in
response to the demand for a uniform system of courts-martial for
the military services, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal appointed
a committee to draft a Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Harvard Law Professor Edmund M. Morgan chaired this committee, which
also included Gordon Gray (Assistant Secretary of the Army), W.
John Kenney (Under Sectretary of the Navy), Eugene M. Zuckert (Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force), and Felix E. Larkin (Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense). In January 1949, the
committee completed the draft and sent it to Secretary Forrestal
for review, whereupon it was delivered to Capitol Hill on February
8, 1949. The full text of the "Morgan Draft" with references
and commentary is linked below. (Library of Congress Call Number
LAW
United States 4 "Military"; OCLC Number 17511562)
For more information on the UCMJ Legislative
History project, of which this document is only one part, and its
sponsor, the U.S. Army
Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School Library,
visit the main UCMJ
page.
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