Advocate General

Gun control advocates generally want to exert a maximum effort to keep guns away from persons who are likely to use them irresponsibly. Gun rights advocates want to use a combination of education and law enforcement to deter gun abuse. However, people who don t have strong feelings one way or the other might well ask Why not compromise and do a bit more of both ... 

The European Court of Justice. The European Court of Justice, consisting of 15 judges (appointed by the Member States) and 9 Advocates-General, is based in Luxembourg. It is responsible for arbitrating in disputes relating to the interpretation and application of EU legislation. 

In its Articles 452-464, the British Manual of Military Law32 fundamentally permits reprisals. Only in its Article 461 does it forbid the killing of contractual hostages. This does not prohibit the killing of reprisal prisoners. And in the Kesselring trial, which dealt mostly with the permissibility of the execution of reprisal prisoners, the Judge Advocate General stated on May 3, 1947 77... 

Department of the Navy (1997). Preliminary Legal Review of Proposed Chemical-Based Nonlethal Weapons, 30 November. Alexandria, VA, USA Office of the Judge Advocate General (International and Operational Division). 

Department of the Navy (1998). Legal Review of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Pepper Spray, (Ser 103/353). Office of the Judge Advocate General, Alexandria, Virginia. 

E.g. the occupation of neutral China s Manchuria by Japan during the Russo-Japeinese War. Judge Advocate General s School 1945, 3-5, and the occupation of Luxembourg by Germeiny in World War I. Kautsky 1922, p. 136 Doc No 637. 

Judge Advocate General s School (1945) Law of belligerent occupation. JAGS Text No 11,1945 Kautsky K (1922) Documents allemands relatifs a I origine de la guerre. Collection complete des documents officiels 3... 

Brigadier-General (Ret d) Kenneth Watidn, QC, is Former Judge Advocate General of the Canadian Forces and from 2001 to 2012 was the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the United States Naveil War College. 

Under the Single European Act, 1986, the Council of Ministers has the power to create a new Court of First Instance. This Court was established by Council decision in 1988 and became effective in September 1989. It has 12 Members, appointed by common accord of the Member States. Members may also be asked to perform the task of an Advocate General. It may sit with three or five judges. 

U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General investigation and report. 1982. Final endorsement (11th) from the Secretary of the Navy. June 29. 

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