Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of the law that governs the conduct of the Australian Defence Force and the United States Armed Forces. Both states have applicable military disciplinary law and civilian criminal law. As this discussion takes place in the context of Australian and US jurisdiction over their peacekeepers serving in overseas missions, this chapter also provides an assessment of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the military disciplinary law and civilian criminal law in both countries to Australian and US military personnel, including the ‘service connection’ test.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Elsea, J. K. (2005). CRS report for congress: U.S. Treatment of prisoners in Iraq: Selected legal issues. Retrieved from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32395.pdf.
Everett, R. O. (1960). Military jurisdiction over civilians. Duke Law Journal, 1960, 366–415.
Gibson, M. S. S. (1995). Lack of extraterritorial jurisdiction over civilians: A new look at an old problem. Military Law Review, 148, 114–185.
Mitchell, A. D., & Voon, T. (2005). Justice at the sharp end-improving Australia’s military justice system. UNSW Law Journal, 28(2), 396–425.
O’Brien, M. (2012). Protectors on trial? Prosecuting peacekeepers for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the international criminal court. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 1–19.
Perlak, J. R. (2001). The military extraterritorial jurisdiction act of 2000: Implications for contractor personnel. Military Law Review, 169, 92–140.
Schlueter, D. A. (2015a). American military justice: Responding to the siren songs for reform. Air Force Law Review, 73, 193–230.
Schlueter, D. A. (2015b). Military criminal justice: Practice and procedure (9th ed.). New Providence: Matthew Bender & Co.
Schmitt, M. G. R. (2005). Amending the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000: Rushing to close an unforeseen loophole. The Army Lawyer, 41–47.
Stein, F. A. (2005). Have we closed the barn door yet? A look at the current loopholes in the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. Houston Journal of International Law, 27, 579–607.
United States Department of Defense. (2012). Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2012 ed.). Retrieved from http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/law/mcm.pdf.
Vladeck, S. (2012). Analysis of U.S. v. Ali: A flawed majority, conflicting concurrences, and the future of military jurisdiction. Lawfare. Retrieved from https://www.lawfareblog.com/analysis-us-v-ali-flawed-majority-conflicting-concurrences-and-future-military-jurisdiction.
Warren, C. B. (2012). The case of the murdering wives: Reid v. Covert and the complicated question of civilians and courts-martial. Military Law Review, 212, 133–193.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
O’Brien, M. (2017). National Criminal Jurisdiction Over Australian and US Military Personnel. In: Criminalising Peacekeepers. Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57729-6_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57729-6_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-57728-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-57729-6
eBook Packages: Law and CriminologyLaw and Criminology (R0)