Professional W'ritinp Award for 1983

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Eachyear. the Alumni~~sociationofThe

Judge AdvocateGener-ai's School presents an award to the author of the best article pub-during the preceding calendar year. The purposes of the aaard are to recognize outstanding scholarlr achievements in military legal writing and to encourage further mrlting

The award u-as first given in 1963, the sixth year of the Rei.irzc's existence. The award Consists of a citation signed by The Judge Advocate General and an engraved plaque. Selection of the winning article izbased upon the article'susefulnesstojudge advocates inthe field, itslong-term vaiuesasan addition tomilitarylegai literature, and the quality of its writing, organization. analysis, and research.

The award far 1983 was presented to Lfajor Charles E. Trant, JAGC. US

Army. for his article entitled "The American Military Insanity Defense: A Moral, Philosophical, and Legal Dilemma." which appeared in volume 99. the writer 1983 issue of the .Milifory Lnz Rer'iew. Major Trant, currently Serving as a special court-martial judge in the Fifth Judicial CIreuit of the U.S. Army Trial Judiciary in Mannheim. Federal Republic of Germany, ariginally prepared the article 8s a thesis in partial fulhllmentaf the require-mentsforthecompletionaf the31stJudgeAdrocateOfficer Graduate Course, 1982-83. It w.s selected as the best thesis submitted...