A Symposium - Justice in the Military

In writing the traditional law review lead article the author is expected to give fair consideration to opposing viewpoints in his analysis. Fairness becomes more difficult to achieve when the nature of the topic is highly controversial and engenders deeply conflicting viewpoints. Military justice is such a topic, and the symposium format was chosen as an appropriate vehicle for consideration of this subject. However, the symposium is conducive to a form of advocacy not expected in a lead article standing alone. This fact places the burden on the reader to consider a particular viewpoint not in the context of a separate article, but in the context of the symposium as a whole.