Military Justice in Action: Annotated National Defence Legislation is a new, unique, fully annotated work containing the National Defence Act and the Queen's Regulations and Orders. It is a one-stop resource of key Canadian military legislation of relevance. The book provides expert commentary by two leading experts: the senior justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal as well as a military law professor and practitioner with prior command experience and service in the higher echelons of the Canadian Forces. It includes a full discussion of the military rules of evidence, the Rules of the Courts Martial Appeal Court and their relation to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. A detailed analytical index completes this essential work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword: The Honourable Mr. Justice Ian Binie, Supreme Court of Canada
Preface: Mr. Richard W. Pound, O.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad.E., FCA
Chapter 1 The Defence Portfolio and Key Actors
Chapter 2 National Defence Act Annotated
Chapter 3 Queen's Regulations and Orders – Volume I – Administration
Chapter 4 Queen's Regulations and Orders – Volume II – Discipline
Chapter 5 Queen's Regulations and Orders – Volume III – Financial
Chapter 6 Military Rules of Evidence
Chapter 7 Rules of the Court Martial Appeal Court
Chapter 8 Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Index
The Hon. Mr. Justice Gilles Létourneau, B.A., LL.L, LL.M, Ph.D., in the course of an impressive and varied legal career, has served in both the private and public sectors, including several years as professor of law at Université de Laval, and as President of the Law Reform Commission of Canada. Appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Appeal of Canada and of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada in 1992, he attained public prominence as Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Deployment of Canadian Forces in Somalia in the mid-1990's. He is the author of numerous texts, reports and articles, including The Annotated National Defence Act (Carswell).
Professor Michel W. Drapeau, (Colonel ret'd.), O.M.M., C.D., LL.L., LL.B. served in the Canadian Forces for a total of thirty-four years retiring in 1993. During his military career, he served in a range of command and staff appointments. Since his call to the Bar, he has co-authored a number of texts including Access to Information and Privacy Legislation Annotated, Protection of Privacy in the Canadian Private and Health Sectors, Canadian Military Law Annotated, and The Annotated National Defence Act, all published by Carswell. Col. Drapeau lectures in access to information and privacy law as well as administrative law at the University of Ottawa. Col. Drapeau is a member of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War.