I want to take the opportunity to congratulate Major Navdeep Singh and Colonel Franklin Rosenblatt for coordinating and encouraging an extraordinary dialogue among the contributors on this subject. I do not doubt that this book will turn to be a piece of leading literature... —Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges & Lawyers About the Book An anthology of important judgments across jurisdictions, this book is a unique work. An international release, it contains short essays & commentaries by jurists, judges & academics from around the world on milestone decisions that changed the course of military law in different jurisdictions. The contents are articulated in simple non-technical language easy to assimilate for a layperson. The book should appeal to the general reader and those interested in the military, law, politics, public policy & human rights. About the Editors Navdeep Singh is a lawyer at the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh. He was a Member (gratis) of a High-Level Committee of Experts constituted by the then Defence Minister on a sentiment expressed by the Prime Minister for reducing litigation initiated by the Ministry of Defence in service and pension-related matters and to strengthen the system of redressal of grievances. He is a strong supporter of judicial independence. Franklin D Rosenblatt teaches Law at Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, where his scholarship focuses on criminal law. He is a retired officer of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the US Army where he served for 20 years. He is also a Judge of the Military Court of Appeals, Mississippi. Both have previously served in the military and have been participants at the drafting of the Yale Draft, an internationally significant military justice reference conceptualised at Yale Law School to improve upon the Decaux Principles, a UN document.