The Blackstone of Military Law: Colonel William Winthrop

by Joshua E. Kastenberg

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Colonel William Winthrop singularly was the most influential person in developing the military law of the United States. A half century ago, the Supreme Court tendered to Winthrop the title, 'The Blackstone of Military Law,' meaning simply that his influence outshone all others. He has been cited over twenty times by the highest court and well over a thousand times by other federal courts, state courts, and legal texts. In this, he surpasses most other legal scholars, save Joseph Story, John show more Marshall, or Felix Frankfurter. show less

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Joshua E. Kastenberg is an active duty officer in the United States Air Force with more than twenty years of service. He is assigned to the Judge Advocate General's Corps as a military judge. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Politics and Government, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History
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340.092Society, government, & cultureLawLawLawBiography And HistoryBiography
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KF368 .W58 .K37LawLaw of the United StatesLaw of the United States (Federal)History
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