Military tribunal
A military tribunal is an inquisitorial system based on charges brought by military authorities, prosecuted by military authority, judged by military officers, and sentenced by military officers against a member of an enemy army [University Press of Kansas].
A military tribunal is a judicial body empowered to make legal decisions and declare punishments for breaches of military law. Military tribunals are often used to try enemy spies or members of enemy forces during wartime, but their use is not limited to wartime contexts [Aaron Meyer Law].
The purpose behind a separate military court system is to ensure streamlined procedures are essential to promote military discipline and order, and some criminal offenses are unique to the military. Desertion, insubordination, being absent without leave —these offenses have no application in the civilian world [Law for veterans].
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Cole, C. (2022, August 30). Military court system. Law for veterans. Retrieved from: https://www.lawforveterans.org/court-basics/70-about-military-courts/499-military-courts
Fisher, L. (2005). Military Tribunals & Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism. University Press of Kansas.