Military Justice Research
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Specialized Journals & Collections
- Military Law Secondary SourcesLaw reviews, texts, CLE course materials, bar journals, and legal practice-oriented periodicals that relate to veterans and the armed forces and militia.
- All Military & Veterans Law Reviews and JournalsMilitary law reviews and national security law-related law reviews.
- Air Force Law Review
- The Army Lawyer
- Military Law Review
- Naval Law Review
- Naval War College Review
- The Reporter
Articles Databases
Search the following databases for scholarly articles and reports, or see our A to Z list of databases available to GW Law faculty and students.
- Academic Search CompleteThis academic multi-disciplinary database provides than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1887.
- AULIMPAir University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Covers significant articles, news items, and editorials appearing in English-language military and aeronautical periodicals.
- Declassified Documents Reference SystemProvides access to declassified U.S. government documents drawn from Presidential libraries.
- Digital Commons (BePress)The Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges worldwide.
- Google ScholarIndexes and links to articles available in various articles databases at GW.
- International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference CenterFull-text periodicals, news, reports, books, and proprietary background information summaries relating to terrorism and security.
- Law Reviews & Journals
- Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals
- Legal SourceFull-text database for law journals. Includes all of the content from Index to Legal Periodicals plus additional titles.
- LegalTracIndex of articles in law reviews, law journals, and legal newspapers (1980 to date). Covers U.S., British Commonwealth, and E.U. law-related topics.
- Military & Government CollectionProvides indexing and selected full-text coverage for hundreds of journals and periodicals that offer news and analysis regarding the U.S. military.
- National Security ArchiveDeclassified documents regarding critical U.S. foreign policy decisions organized into 24 thematic collections.
- Nexis UniNote: Off-campus access only for GW Law patrons. Has briefs from the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (from 2012-) and opinions from military and veterans claims courts as well as statutes, regulations, manuals for court-martials, and law review articles.
- ProQuest Research Library PlusCovers a wide range of subject matter in both popular and scholarly periodicals
- SSRNSocial Science Research Network (SSRN) provides abstracts and some full-text working papers or accepted papers. One eLibrary is the National Security & Foreign Relations Law eJournal.
- SSRN: Veterans & Military Law & Policy eJournalLegal Scholarship Network (LSN) Subject Matter eJournal - Veterans & Military Law & Policy eJournal
Case Law Sources
- West's Military Justice ReporterLocation: SL3 KF7605.A2 W4
- Military Court CasesMilitary Justice Cases has cases from the military appellate courts, with coverage beginning in 1951.
- United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
- United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals
- United States Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals
- United States Navy-Marine Court of Criminal Appeals
- United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
- Office of Military Commissions
- Court-Martial Reports (1951-1976)Holdings and Decisions of the Judge Advocates General Boards of Review and United States Court of Military Appeals
- Court-Martial Reports of the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force (1949-1951)
- Nexis UniNote: Off-campus access only for GW Law patrons. Has briefs from the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (2012- ) and opinions from military and veterans claims courts. Earliest coverage from 1951.
Deciphering Acronyms and Abbreviations
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (C.A.A.F.), previously United States Court of Military Appeals (C.M.A.)
Military Service Courts of Criminal Appeals, previously Courts of Military Review (e.g., A.C.M.R.), previously Boards of Review (e.g., A.B.R.)
- Army Ct. Crim. App.
- A.F. Ct. Crim. App.
- C.G. Ct. Crim. App.
- N-M. Ct. Crim. App.
Reference Sources:
- Military Citation Guide (10th ed., 2005)Department of the Army Pamphlet 27-50-388, published in 2005 Army Lawyer 7.
- Office of Military Commissions Glossary
- Department of Defense (DOD) Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsUpdated: June 2020
- Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal AbbreviationsLocations: Ready Reference & Reserve (1st floor) KF246 .B46 2017
- Prince's Dictionary of Legal CitationsLocation: Ready Reference (1st floor) KF246 .B45 2017
- Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
- World Dictionary of Legal AbbreviationsLocation: Ready Reference (1st floor) K89 .K38