The legal power to launch war : who decides? /: who decides?. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Michael Head and Kristian Boehringer.
• Authors: Head, Michael, 1952-; Boehringer, Kristian
• Contents: 1: Preface; 2: Introduction: What is at stake?; 3: Chapter 1: War and democracy; 4: Chapter 2: Vietnam, Iraq and the ‘war on terror’: Deception, war propaganda and legislative approval; 5: Chapter 3: Increasingly unrestrained war powers in the United States: from Truman to Trump; 6: Chapter 4: Britain’s royal war prerogative reasserted and reinforced; 7: Chapter 5: From Whitehall to the White House: The war power in Australia—from legal subordination to political subservience; 8: Chapter 6: The failure of reform proposals: An Australian case study; 9: Chapter 7: War and dissent: sweeping domestic powers; 10: Chapter 8: Contemporary preparations for wartime measures; 11: Chapter 9: Martial law, official lawlessness and judicial complicity; 12: Chapter 10: Can international law stop wars of aggression?; 13: Chapter 11: Would referenda provide any alternative?; 14: Chapter 12: Conclusions; 15: Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.62; War and emergency powers; War, Declaration of; War and emergency powers -- United States; War and emergency powers -- Great Britain; War and emergency powers -- Australia
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351965569; 9781351965576; 9781351965552; 9781315264943
• Related ISBNs: 9781138292086
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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