Civil-Military 'Legal' Relations: Where to from Here?

The Civilian Courts and the Military in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-33824-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 51, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Reihe: International Humanitarian Law Series

Civil-military relations establishes the civilian control over the military to protect democratic values. This book argues analysis of the CMR is distorted by the absence of consideration of the judicial arm, with the ‘civil’ seen as referring only to the executive and/or legislature. The civil courts approach to military discipline and the impact that has for CMR within — the United Kingdom, United States and Australia is investigated. The author concludes that by including the courts in the development of CMR theory militarisation of the civilian domain is discouraged. A paradigm shift acknowledging the fundamental role of all three organs of government in liberal democracies, for control of States’ power is essential for genuine civilian oversight.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Pauline Therese

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Über Autor(innen)

Pauline Therese Collins, Ph.D (2014), University of Queensland, is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland. She has published on international law and private military companies, including in Military Justice in the Modern Age (Cambridge University Press, 2016).