Rosara Joseph

War Prerogative

History, Reform, and Constitutional Design

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The war prerogative is the power of the Crown, exercised by the government, to declare war and deploy armed forces overseas. This book traces the theory and practice of the war prerogative in England from 1600 to the modern day and considers potential reform of the constitutional arrangements for its exercise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199664320
• ISBN-10: 0199664323
• Artikelnr.: 38079786

Autorenporträt

Rosara Joseph holds an LLB (Hons) and a BA from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and a BCL and D.Phil from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She has previously worked as a Judge's clerk for the President of the New Zealand Court of Appeal, and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and World Championships in cycling.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Theoretical and Political Discourses: The War and Foreign Policy Powers
3: The War Prerogative in Practice
4: Judicial Treatment of the War Prerogative
5: Institutional Mechanisms
6: Reform
7: Conclusions
Bibliography