Crown and Sword: Executive power and the use of force by the Australian Defence Force

by Cameron Moore

The Australian Defence Force, together with military forces from a number of western democracies, have for some years been seeking out and killing Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, detaining asylum seekers for periods at sea or running the judicial systems of failed states. It has also been ready to conduct internal security operations at home. The domestic legal authority cited for this is often the poorly understood concept of executive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760461555
• ISBN13: 9781760461553
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"