Disobeying an order in an open form: decrease of the authority level of the command as a considerable harm to interests of military service

In this research we examine forms of disobeying orders. The attention is focused on the considerable harm to interests of military service, which may be expressed in reduction of the authority of the command due to open disobedience. Cases which show that courts are not always correctly identify considerable harm to interests of military service are provided. There are also recommendations on how to improve criminal legislation in terms of liability for disobeying an order.