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

Download or read book Civil-Military 'Legal' Relations: Where to from Here? written by Pauline Therese Collins and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.