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This important and up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides a set of vital Judge Advocate General (JAG) military justice documents, including Operational Law Handbook 2010 Edition. Contents coverage the Law of War, Human Rights, Rules of Engagement, Combating Terrorism, Sea, Air, and Space Law, Detainee Operations, Information Operations, International Agreements, Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO), Reserve Component Soldiers and Operations, Fiscal Law, Contingency and Deployment Contracting, Emergency Essential Civilians Supporting Operations, Claims, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Legal Assistance, Criminal Law, Joint Operations, Military Decision Making Process and Operations Plans, Glossary, Index. The Operational Law Handbook is a "how to" guide for Judge Advocates practicing operational law. It provides references and describes tactics and techniques for the practice of operational law. It supports the doctrinal concepts and principles of FM 3-0 and FM 27-100. The Operational Law Handbook is not a substitute for official references. Like operational law itself, the Handbook is a focused collection of diverse legal and practical information. The handbook is not intended to provide the school solution to a particular problem, but to help Judge Advocates recognize, analyze, and resolve the problems they will encounter in the operational context. Similarly, the Handbook is not intended to represent official U.S. policy regarding the binding application of varied sources of law, though the Handbook may reference source documents which themselves do so. The Handbook was designed and written for Judge Advocates practicing operational law. The size and contents of the Handbook are controlled by this focus. Frequently, the authors were forced to strike a balance between the temptation to include more information and the need to retain the Handbook in its current size and configuration. Simply put, the Handbook is made for the Soldiers, Marines, Airme