The Legal Branch (french: links=no, Branche des services juridiques) is a
personnel branch of the
Canadian Armed Forces
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The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force.
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(CAF). It primarily deals with the Canadian Forces' legal affairs. Legal officers are primarily accepted through the Direct-Entry Training Program, and must have a degree in law as well as be a member of a Canadian provincial or territorial bar. However, the CAF also selects a few currently serving members each year to attend law school and join the Legal Branch through the Military Legal Training Plan.
Training
Military Law Centre
The
Military Law Centre on the grounds of the
Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in
Kingston, Ontario, which is staffed with nine military lawyers, oversees the education of officers and troops in legal matters ranging from the Forces' own
code of conduct to the
laws of war. It trains military lawyers and advises Ottawa on matters of policy and doctrine. The centre integrates
legal education
Legal education is the education of individuals in the principles, practices, and theory of law. It may be undertaken for several reasons, including to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for admission to legal practice in a particular j ...
into the regular training that Forces members undergo and establishes its growing importance within the military hierarchy.
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Selected RMC cadets participate in Law of Armed Conflict international competitions each fall with cadets from the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy and the United States Coast Guard Academy. In spring 2008, RMC cadets were selected to participate in a competition on the Law of Armed Conflict at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in Sanremo, Italy.
See also
* Law of the Sea
* Law of Armed Conflict
* Law of land warfare
The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for initiating war ('' jus ad bellum'') and the conduct of warring parties (''jus in bello''). Laws of war define sovereignty and nationhood, states and terri ...
* Law of occupation
Military occupation, also known as belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is the effective military control by a ruling power over a territory that is outside of that power's sovereign territory.Eyāl Benveniśtî. The international law ...
* Command responsibility
* International law
* International Humanitarian Law
* Just war
External links
Canadian Forces RecruitingCanadian Forces and Department of National Defence
Order of precedence
References
Canadian Armed Forces personnel branches
Canadian Armed Forces
Military history of Canada
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Legal occupations in the military
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