Legal Aspects: Civilians/Contractors in the War Zone And Disaster Relief Support Joint Center for Operational Analysis Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2008

摘要

Recently, Congress passed legislation that amended the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to extend military criminal jurisdiction over civilians accompanying the force. This has raised a multitude of issues, which the armed forces and contractors who support contingency operations need to sort through. This paper will examine the historic context for contractors on the battlefield, the problems associated with the lack of criminal jurisdiction over civilians, and the issues driven by the new language in the UCMJ.