Miscellaneous
Litigation other than amicus
NIMJ v. Department of Defense, 404 F. Supp. 2d 325 (D.C.D.C. 2005), 512 F.3d 677 (D.C. Cir. 2008), petition for certiorari denied 555 U.S. 1084 (2008) (FOIA lawsuit)
Articles and Papers by board members and fellows of NIMJ
John Brooker, Improving Uniform Code of Military Justice Reform. 222 Mil. L. Rev. (2014).
Eleanor Morales & John Brooker, Restoring Faith in Military Justice. 55 Conn. L. Rev. (2022).
Eric Carpenter, Hidden Killers and Imagined Saints: Why Courts Fail to Identify Unconstitutional Jurors in Death Penalty Cases. 2021 MICH. ST. L. REV. 449 (2022).
Cave, Chiarini, Rosenblatt, Prosecuting Wagner Group War Crimes at the International Criminal Court? A Procedural Perspective. OpinioJuris, 16 February 2024.
Cuno Jakob Tarfusser & Giovanni Chiarini, Without a Specific Declaration of Jurisdiction and Ratification: Procedural Weaknesses of The International Criminal Court’s Investigation into the Russo-Ukrainian War. 56 Texas Tech. L. Rev. 171 (2024).
John C. Dehn, The Good Officer: President Trump, General Milley, and the “Necessity” of Constitutional Fidelity, 90 Brook. L. Rev. 1 (2024).
Big Data and Armed Conflict: Legal Issues Above and Below the Armed Conflict Threshold, edited by Laura A. Dickinson and Edward W. Berg.
Laura Dickinson, Still at War: The Forever War Legal Paradigm in Afghanistan. Just Security, April 14, 2022.
Laura A. Dickinson, Military Lawyers on the Battlefield: An Empirical Account of International Law Compliance. 104 Am. J. Int'l L., (2012).
Laura Dickenson, Over-the-Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond. 13 J. Nat. Sec. Law & Policy 283 (2023).
Laura A. Dickinson, Using Legal Process to Fight Terrorism: Detentions, Military Commissions, International Tribunals, and the Rule of Law. 75 S. Car. L. Rev., (2009).
Eugene R. Fidell, The Case for Termination of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. 23 J. App. Practice & Process (2022).
Eugene R. Fidell & James A. Yound, Military Justice and Modernity. (2022).
Eugene R. Fidell, Military Justice Instruction in Civilian Law Schools, 60 J. LEGAL EDU. 473 (2011).
Eugene R. Fidell, Is There a Crisis in Military Appellate Justice. 12 ROGER WILLIAMS UNIV. L. REV 820 (2007).
Eugene R. Fiddell and Steve Vladeck, The House Closed a Key Loophole in CourtMartial Appeals; Will the Senate Follow? Just Security, 27 July 2023.
Eugene R. Fidell, Is There a Crisis in Military Appellate Justice. 12 ROGER WILLIAMS UNIV. L. REV 820 (2007).
Eugene R. Fiddell and Steve Vladeck, The House Closed a Key Loophole in CourtMartial Appeals; Will the Senate Follow? Just Security, 27 July 2023.
Brenner M. Fissell, Categorical Declinations & Democracy. J. OF CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY (Forthcoming 2025).
Brenner M. Fissell, Jury Nullification and the Rule of Law. 19 Legal Theory 217 (2013).
Brenner M. Fissell, The Military's Constitutional Role. 103 N.C. L. Rev. (2025).
Brenner M. Fissell, Tort Remedies in Military Prisons and Brigs. J. Nat'l Security L. & Pol. (2022).
Afton David & Rory Fowler, Independence of the Canadian Military Judiciary: Much to be Desired? Canadian Global Affairs Inst. November 2024.
Guiora, Amos N., October 7th: Expanding Legitimate Targets and Collateral Damage? (December 06, 2024). University of Utah College of Law Research Paper Forthcoming (2025).
Joshua E. Kastenberg, Commander-in-Chief Authority and the Religious Rights of Service Members in Crisis Times: The Vaccine Mandate as a Call for Reincorporating the Standing Army Fears in Jurisprudence and Depoliticizing the Bench. 83 LA. L. REV. 2022.
Daniel Maurer, Congressional Action Could Stymie Executive Clemency for War Crimes. Lawfare, 9 December 2024.
Daniel Maurer, A Logic of Military Justice? 53 Texas Tech. L. Rev. 669 (2021).
Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice, by Michel Paradis.
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Nonjudicial Punishment. 68 Villanova L. Rev. (2024).
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Action Penale et Action Disciplinaire: the origins and current activities of the Criminal and Disciplinary Law Committee of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War. 60 MIL. L. & L. OF WAR REV. 247 (2022) (subscription required).
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Nondeployable: the Court-Martial System in Combat from 2001 to 2009. Mississippi College School of Law Research Paper (2024).
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Lawful Command Emphasis: Talk Offense, Not Offender; Talk Process, Not Results. Mississippi College School of Law Research Paper (2024).
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Awakening Self-Interest: American Military Justice in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mississippi College School of Law Research Paper (2024).
Franklin D. Rosenblatt, Preliminary Hearings in the United States Military. Mississippi College School of Law Research Paper (2024).
Evan R. Seamone, Disability Compensation for the Psychological Impact of Race Discrimination: Lessons from the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. 74 ADMIN L. REV. 309 (2022).
Rachel E. VanLandingham, Professional Criminal Prosecution Versus The Siren Song of Command: The Road to Improve Military Justice. Just Security, 21 June 2021.
Rachel E. VanLandingham, Ordering Injustice: Congress, Command Corruption of Courts-Martial, and the Constitution. 49 Hofstra L. Rev. (2020).
Other articles of interest
Gregory E. Maggs, Judicial Review of the Manual for Courts-Martial. 160 Mil. L. Rev. 96 (1999).
Lindsay Lyon Rodman, Doing Away With the Military Deference Doctrine: Applying Lessons From Civil-Military Relations Theory to the Supreme Court. 99 N.D. L. Rev. 327 (2024).
General resources
- NIMJ Deskbook--a compendium of NIMJ's work between 1991 and 1999 (searchable)
- 2006 NIMJ Annual Report
- Director and Former President of NIMJ Gene Fidell talks about "Military Justice at a Turning Point (Life In The Law)" here.
Hearings, Symposia, and related testimony
- NIMJ held a Zoom expert roundtable discussion on Sept. 8, 2023. "The U.S. Relationship with the International Criminal Court in 2023: An Expert Roundtable Discussion."
- Testimony (written) of Eugene R. Fidell, to the Senate Subcommittee on Personnel, Senate Committee on the Armed Services, March 2021. Transcript of the whole hearing.
- Testimony (written) of Don Christensen, to the Senate Subcommittee on Personnel, Senate Committee on the Armed Services, March 2021.