The German Ministry of Defense decided in 2000 to commission a study comparing various European systems of military law. The present book contains not only the original study but also all national reports in English. It provides a comparative analysis of different European military law systems on the basis of national reports.

The editor is a Professor of Law at the University of Munich. He holds a chair for German and Comparative Public Law, Public International Law and European Law. He is Member of the International Law Commission (ILC) of the United Nations.

European Military Law Systems: Summary and Recommendations (Georg Nolte, Professor of Law, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen / Heike Krieger, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen) · European Military Law Systems: General Comparative Report (Georg Nolte, Professor of Law, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen / Heike Krieger, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen) · Military Law in Belgium (Pierre d'Argent, Professor of Law, Dr., Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve) · Military Law in Denmark (Jørgen Albæk Jensen, Professor of Law, University of Aarhus) · Military Law in France (Jörg Gerkrath, Professor of Law, University of Avignon) · Military Law in Germany (Georg Nolte, Professor of Law, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen / Heike Krieger, Dr., Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen) · Military Law in Italy (Jörg Luther, Professor of Law, University of Eastern Piemont, Turin) · Military Law in Luxembourg (Frédéric Dopagne, Dr., Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve) · Military Law in the Netherlands (Leonard F.M. Besselink, Professor of Law, Dr., University of Utrecht) · Military Law in Poland (Michal Kowalski, Dr., University of Krakow) · Military Law in Spain (Lorenzo Cotino Hueso, Dr., University of Valencia) ·Military Law in the United Kingdom (Peter Rowe, Professor of Law, Ph.D., Barrister, University of Lancaster) · Integrated Bi- and Multinational Military Units in Europe (Maxim Kleine, Research Fellow, Institute of International Law, University of Göttingen).