Domestic Military Powers, Law and Human Rights : Calling Out the Armed Forces (Paperback)

Introduction: Causes for concern;A deepening international trend;The violent historical record;United States: Sweeping aside protections against domesticmilitary 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’;