The Legal Power to Launch War: Who Decides?
Autor Michael Head, Kristian Boehringeren Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 dec 2018
This book comparatively examines the executive and prerogative powers to declare war or launch military action, focusing primarily on the United States, Britain and Australia. It explores key legal and constitutional questions, including:
- who currently has the power/authority to declare war?
- who currently has the power to launch military action without formally declaring war?
- how, if at all, can those powers be controlled, legally or politically?
- what are the domestic legal consequences of going to war?
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138292086
ISBN-10: 1138292087
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138292087
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
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Public țintă
Postgraduate and UndergraduateCuprins
Preface; Introduction: What is at stake?; 1: War and democracy; 2: Vietnam, Iraq and the ‘war on terror’: Deception, war propaganda and legislative approval; 3: Increasingly unrestrained war powers in the United States: from Truman to Trump; 4: Britain’s royal war prerogative reasserted and reinforced; 5: From Whitehall to the White House: The war power in Australia—from legal subordination to political subservience; 6: The failure of reform proposals: An Australian case study; 7: War and dissent: sweeping domestic powers; 8: Contemporary preparations for wartime measures; 9: Martial law, official lawlessness and judicial complicity; 10: Can international law stop wars of aggression?; 11: Would referenda provide any alternative?; 12: Conclusions; Index
Notă biografică
Michael Head is a professor of law at Western Sydney University, Australia.
Kristian Boehringer is a senior lecturer in business law at Torrens University, Australia.
Kristian Boehringer is a senior lecturer in business law at Torrens University, Australia.
Recenzii
Even in the face of express constitutional restraints or legal controls, democracies have stumbled into, and conducted, wars using vast executive powers. By reference to the recent experiences of the UK, USA and Australia, the authors have traced the serious dangers of removing democratic checks on war making at the very time when they are needed most. In the new age of nuclear modernisation for first strike strategies this is a timely and worrying exploration of national war powers. If the courts and the people cannot exert effective restraints, how does one adapt ferocious modern weapons and the need for speedy action to preserving controls over unbridled power with catastrophic potential? This is the dilemma explored by this work: a question that we cannot afford to ignore.
Hon. Michael Kirby, AC CMG past Justice of the High Court of Australia and chair of the UN Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in North Korea.
Michael Head and Kristian Boehringer have written an important and accessible book that demonstrates that wars by the US, UK and Australia in the name of democracy are actually launched by, and prioritise the interests of, elites in ways that make a mockery of democracy. This study deserves to be read widely and will generate justified scepticism about 'democratic' calls to war.
Eric Herring
Professor of World Politics
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) University of Bristol
Hon. Michael Kirby, AC CMG past Justice of the High Court of Australia and chair of the UN Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in North Korea.
Michael Head and Kristian Boehringer have written an important and accessible book that demonstrates that wars by the US, UK and Australia in the name of democracy are actually launched by, and prioritise the interests of, elites in ways that make a mockery of democracy. This study deserves to be read widely and will generate justified scepticism about 'democratic' calls to war.
Eric Herring
Professor of World Politics
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) University of Bristol
Descriere
The issue of who has the power to declare war or authorise military action in a democracy has become a major legal and political issue, internationally, and is set to become even more pertinent in the immediate future, particularly in the wake of military action in Syria, ongoing wars in the Middle East, and tense discussions between the US, its allies, Russia, and China. This book comparatively examines the executive and prerogative powers to declare war or launch military action, focusing primarily on the US, UK, and Australia.