Domestic Military Powers, Law and Human Rights : Calling Out the Armed Forces
- 1st
- UK, Routledge, 2020.
- 222 Pages
9781032083216
Introduction: Causes for concern; A deepening international trend; The violent historical record; United States: Sweeping aside protections against domestic military intervention; Canada: Advanced military planning; Britain: Preparing for disruption; France: Troops on the streets to combat social unrest; Germany and Italy: Post-war restrictions eroded; Japan: Creeping militarisation; Australia: Legislating and expanding military powers; How can governments and military chiefs be held to account?; Wider legal, political and democratic implications: From ‘terrorism’ to ‘subversion’;