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	JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL - LoveToKnow Article on JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the army the administration of justice as pertaining to discipline is carried out in accordance with the provisions of military law, and it is the function of the judge-advocate-general to ensure that these disciplinary powers are exercised in strict conformity with that law.
		The appointment is conferred by letters-patent, which define the exact functions attaching to the office, which practically are the reviewing of the proceedings of all field-general, general and district courts-martial held in the United Kingdom, and advising the sovereign as to the confirmation of the finding and sentence.
		All general courtsmartial held in the United Kingdom are sent to the judgeadvocate-general, to be by him submitted to the sovereign for confirmation; and all district courts-martial, after having been confirmed and promulgated, are sent to his office for examination and custody.
	92.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JU/JUDGE_ADVOCATE_GENERAL.htm (478 words)

	Advocate General for Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Government on the law.
		The office of Advocate General for Scotland was created in 1999 by the Scotland Act 1998 to be the chief legal adviser to the United Kingdom Government on Scots Law, replacing the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland, who were transferred to the Scottish Executive.
		The office of "Her Majesty's Advocate General for Scotland" should not be confused with that of "Her Majesty's Advocate", which is another name for the Lord Advocate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland (180 words)

	Tennessee Attorney General
		The attorney general is appointed by justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term.
		The attorney general is assisted by a chief deputy, who is responsible for coordinating and supervising the work of the office, including review of substantive work, general management of the office, and participating in policy formation.
		The attorney general is also assisted by the solicitor general who is responsible for review of opinions before submission to the attorney general and supervision and coordination of the appellate work of the office.
	www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us (300 words)

	EIoP: Text 2000-011: Full text
		Advocate General Jacobs in his Opinion considered the admissibility of reference in a few words, stating that the Community regulation was applicable merely because of the provision of the Belgian law, but the Court had previously accepted jurisdiction in such cases.
		Generally, the increasing tendency to decline the jurisdiction was considered as disturbing and perplexing(25).
		Advocate General Jacobs also suggested that 'the Court should decline to rule on the application of Article 30 [now Article 28 EC] to imports when it is clear from the facts that a situation is wholly confined to national territory'.
	eiop.or.at /eiop/texte/2000-011.htm (18557 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Judge Advocate General processes admiralty claims for adjudication by the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary's designee, and acts as principal liaison with Department of Justice for admiralty tort cases in litigation.
		Upon receiving the initial report of the incident, the Judge Advocate General confirms the status of the vessels or property involved by correspondence with the other Government agency, and the waiver is made a matter of record.
		A judge advocate should be available to assist the POC and keep the Judge Advocate General advised of the status of the NTSB investigation.
	sja.hqmc.usmc.mil /Pubs/jagman/JGM12.htm (8389 words)

	Curia - Cp0143en (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is the role of the Advocates General to propose to the Court, in complete independence, a legal solution to the case assigned to them.
		Since, in the Advocate General's view, the legality of the decision by the Commission therefore cannot be considered, he examines France's arguments concerning the possibility, in the absence of full Community harmonisation, of relying on the exception under which a Member State may oppose the free movement of goods.
		The Advocate General therefore analyses whether France's conduct was justified having regard to the protection of public health and did not amount to discrimination against United Kingdom meat.
	europa.eu.int /cj/en/actu/communiques/cp01/aff/cp0143en.htm (555 words)

	Advocate General Finds Food Supplements Directive Invalid Under EU Law :: Natural and Nutritional Products Industry ...
		If the Advocate General's recommendations are adopted, in effect, the ban on vitamin and mineral forms not included on the EU's 'Positive list,' due to come into effect on 1 August 2005, will be declared illegal.
		If the Advocate General's recommendations are endorsed by the ECJ judges, it will represent the culmination of three years dogged determination, dedication and hard work on the part of ANH and its many supporters around the world.
		Advocate General Geelhoed is the most senior Advocate General at the ECJ and his considered reasoning vindicates ANH's legal analysis and position.
	npicenter.com /anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=12120&zoneid=18 (1051 words)

	Office of the Advocate General for Scotland Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Advocate General for Scotland is a Minister of the Crown and is one of the three UK Law Officers, along with the Attorney General and the Solicitor General for England and Wales.
		The Advocate General is ministerially responsible to the UK Parliament for the Office of Solicitor to the Advocate General and the Legal Secretariat to the Advocate General, as well as the Private Office.
		The Scotland Act also requires that the Advocate General be provided with notice of all devolution issues as defined in Schedule 6 to that Act raised in the courts and separately confers the power to raise proceedings on such issues.
	www.oag.gov.uk (441 words)

	Warrant Officer - Insignia History - Judge Advocate General's Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1851, the pompon for the Judge Advocate was prescribed as all white.
		Circular 70, 28 October 1936, announced the exchange of colors of the Inspector General's Department with the Judge Advocate General's Department so that dark blue and white were adopted on that date for the Judge Advocate General.
		The Office of Judge Advocate of the Army may be deemed to have been created on 29 July 1775, and has generally paralleled the origin and development of the American system of military justice.
	www.1800goguard.com /warrantofficer/warrant_history_wohistory_55.html (466 words)

	Curia - CP0346EN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Advocate General notes, however, that the classification of the designation is a matter for the Austrian court.
		The Advocate General considers that it is for the national court to make an assessment on the merits whether, in the Czech Republic, the designation ‘Bud’ used in relation to beer evokes the city of Budweis in the minds of consumers.
		In the Advocate General's opinion, the treaty in force today is the same treaty concluded in 1976, in respect of which there is found to be the succession of States between Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
	www.tinyurl.com /cu06 (778 words)

	Department for Constitutional Affairs - The Legal System - Office of the Judge Advocate General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The main duties of the Judge Advocate General are to appoint judge advocates to conduct proceedings at Service Courts and judicial officers to hear custody applications and applications for search warrants.
		The Judge Advocate General also maintains an office in Germany, to which two Assistant Judge Advocates General are posted on tours of duty at any one time.
		The senior of these is styled Deputy Judge Advocate General and is largely responsible for the day to day running of that office.
	www.dca.gov.uk /judadvgen.htm (254 words)

	Walker v. U.S.
		Petitioner acknowledges that the functions of the chief judge must be performed by another official because the Court of Criminal Appeals would otherwise be brought to a halt when action by the chief judge is required in a case or series of cases from which the chief judge is recused.
		The structure of the statute reflects a congressional preference for a division of responsibilities between the Judge Advocate General and the chief judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
		The Judge Advocate General shall designate an appellate military judge to perform the functions of the chief judge in view of the chief judge’s recusal in the present case.
	www.armfor.uscourts.gov /opinions/2005Term/04-8025.htm (2779 words)

	California Western -- Judge Advocate General
		Black’s first assignment as a judge advocate was at Fort Bliss, Texas, where he served as trial counsel and chief of the Criminal Law Branch.
		He later served in Washington, D.C., as a general law attorney at the Office of The Judge Advocate General of the Army and as an assistant counsel to the President at the White House.
		Kevin M. Sandkuhler is serving as the staff judge advocate to the commandant of the Marine Corps, and Bruce MacDonald is the Navy’s deputy Judge Advocate General in Washington, D.C., and is now a rear admiral.
	www.cwsl.edu /main/default.asp?nav=news.asp&body=news/ScottBlack.asp (435 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala News : Sack Advocate General: DYFI
		The Advocate General's office is supposed to protect the interests of the people and the Government.
		The Advocate General's open support for the accused in the Kozhikode ice-cream parlour sex racket case was a clear proof of this.
		The brief for one of the main accused in the case, Sreedevi, is with the Advocate General's son-in-law.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/11/19/stories/2004111908130400.htm (348 words)

	NARA - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the office of the Judge Advocate General (Navy
		Textual Records: Letters sent by the Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate General, 1865-66; the Acting Judge Advocate, 1879-83; the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, 1879-1911, with indexes and registers, 1880-1908; and the Solicitor of the Navy, June 1908-December 1911.
		General correspondence of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, 1883-1908 (544 ft.).
		Textual Records: Opinions and decisions of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Solicitor of the Navy, the Attorney General, and the Comptroller of the Treasury, with indexes and registers, 1846-1911.
	archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/125.html?template=print (1815 words)

	NARA - Guide to Federal Records - Records of the office of the Judge Advocate General (Army
		Consolidated with the Corps of Judge Advocates of the Army to form the Judge Advocate General's Department, 1884.
		Letters received by the Judge Advocate of the Army and the Judge Advocate General, 1854-94, with registers, 1854-89, and indexes, 1871-76, 1885-88.
		George B. Davis as Judge Advocate General, 1901-10; Col. Blanton Winship of the Judge Advocate General's Department, 1903-19; and Col. Mark Guerin, Judge Advocate of the 6th Corps Area, 1918-24.
	www.archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/153.html (3045 words)

	DEFRA, UK: 2001 news release: UK GOVERNMENT WELCOMES ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION ON THE FRENCH BAN ON BRITISH BEEF
		The Advocate General's Opinion states that France was in breach of Community law for not accepting beef directly exported under the Date-based Export Scheme from the UK.
		Before the ECJ gives its Judgement, the Advocate General delivers his Opinion, the purpose of which is to assist the Court in reaching its decision.
		The Advocate General's Opinion can be found on the website of the European Court of Justice at http://curia.eu.int/en/jurisp/index.htm.
	www.defra.gov.uk /news/2001/010920a.htm (621 words)

	Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
		The Judge Advocate General's Corps is a single organization made up of lawyers, legal administrators and specialists, and court reporters.
		While GEN Washington wanted a judge advocate to oversee the administration of military justice, his concerns also reflected the larger debate about justice and legal authority that was fueling the American Revolution.
		COL Winship went on to become The Judge Advocate General in 1931, and the Signal Center and Fort Gordon Staff Judge Advocate's office is named "Winship Hall" in his honor.
	www.gordon.army.mil /osja/history.htm (3347 words)

	VIETNAM STUDIES
		General Prugh is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College.
		General Prugh is particularly well qualified to author this monograph on judge advocate activities at Headquarters, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
		General Prugh's assignment in Vietnam coincided with the years which have been described by General Westmoreland, Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, as the year of crisis, 1964; the year of military commitment, 1965; and the year of development, 1966.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/vietnam/law-war/law-fm.htm (1968 words)

	DoD Office of the General Counsel
		The Office of the General Counsel is headed by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense (DoD).
		Appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, the General Counsel is by law the Chief Legal Officer of the DoD (10 U.S.C. § 140).
		The position of the General Counsel of the Department of Defense was established by the Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1953 and by Defense Directive 5145.1, August 24, 1953.
	www.defenselink.mil /dodgc (616 words)

	The Official Website of Law Department,Government Secretariat,Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The administration of the office of the Advocate General is attended to by the Law Department through the Law (Inspection Wing) Section.
		The Advocate General for each State is appointed by the Governor under Article 165(1) of the Constitution of India.
		The Office of the Advocate General of Kerala is at Ernakulam.
	www.keralalawsect.org /adv_general.html (109 words)

	Romantic General demoted, retired- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Major General Thomas J Fiscus, the former Judge Advocate General, will be retired at the reduced rank of colonel and lose nearly $900,000 in potential retirement pay after an investigation found him involved in several affairs and improper conduct with more than a dozen women, according to an Air Force release on Monday.
		The Air Force Inspector General found that Fiscus was involved in relations with - or had made inappropriate sexual advances towards - female subordinates both at the officer and enlisted level, as well as civilians.
		Air Force Inspector General Steven R Polk concluded that the two-star general's actions included conduct unbecoming of an officer, engaging in unprofessional relationships, fraternisation and obstruction of justice.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/987498.cms (295 words)

	James McHugh Dies; Judge Advocate General of Navy (washingtonpost.com)
		James Joseph McHugh III, the judge advocate general of the Navy from 1982 to 1984, died of congestive heart failure May 8 at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento.
		In 1978, he became assistant judge advocate general for civil law and by 1980 was deputy judge advocate general.
		Two years later, he was appointed judge advocate general, the Navy's top-ranking military lawyer.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A11338-2004Jun2.html (412 words)

	Armed Forces Act 2001
		In section 32(1) of that Act (tenure of Judge Advocate General and assistants) for ", an Assistant Judge Advocate General or a Deputy Judge Advocate" there is substituted "or an Assistant Judge Advocate General".
		In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to each of the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 and the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (other disqualifying offices), in the entry beginning "Judge Advocate General", for ", Assistant Judge Advocate General or Deputy Judge Advocate" there is substituted "or Assistant Judge Advocate General".
		In Schedule 11 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (judges etc. barred from legal practice) in the entry relating to an Assistant or Deputy Judge Advocate General, the words "or Deputy" are omitted.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/acts2001/10019--l.htm (254 words)

	Judge Advocate General's School
		Despite a long record of service by Army judge advocates, it was not until the beginning of World War II that efforts were made to provide our attorneys with specialized legal education.
		In February 1942, as uniformed lawyers' responsibilities increased in volume and complexity, specialized continuing legal education courses for active duty judge advocates were begun in Washington, D.C. In August 1942, the School moved from the National University Law School in Washington, D.C., to the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor.
		Detailed instruction was needed for new judge advocates and continuning instruction on new developments in military law was required for all judge advocates.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/tjagsa.htm (582 words)

	BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES J. DUNLAP JR. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		is the Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va. General Dunlap is the principal legal adviser to the ACC Commander and staff on legal issues involving military justice, combat operations, civil litigation, environmental law, international law, administrative law, claims and other legal matters.
		General Dunlap entered the Air Force in 1972 as a graduate of the Air Force ROTC program at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pa. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1975.
		General Dunlap speaks widely on legal and national security issues, and is published in Aerospace Power Journal, Peacekeeping & International Relations, Parameters, Proceedings, the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, the Air Force Times, the Wake Forest Law Review, the Air Force Law Review, the Tennessee Law Review and the Strategic Review, among others.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio_print.asp?bioID=5293&page=1 (516 words)

	Admiral Hutson Opposes Gonzales Nomination
		He served as a judge advocate in the United States Navy from 1972-2000, and was the Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1997-2000.
		For that to be urged as a justification for not applying the Rule of Law in the war on terror is beneath the dignity and civility of the United States.
		Although more articulately stated than I generally hear it, it is the same argument I have come to expect from someone in the back of the room or an anonymous caller on talk radio.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/2005/3203hutson_v_gonz.html (3849 words)

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