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Discrimination in the armed forces: A comparative analysis of the impact of UK and US civilian law on the military

Ball, Richard

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Rick Ball Richard.Ball@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Law



Abstract

The civil-military relationship has predominantly been evaluated from a sociological or political science perspective. This paper examines the position of the Armed Forces within society, this so-called civil-military relationship, from a legal perspective. It undertakes a comparative analysis of US and UK civil law, in particular discrimination law, to determine how civil law has impacted on the military per se, rather than military law. The argument presented builds on Schiff’s concordance model of civil-military relations creating a socio-legal model of the inter-relationship of the armed forces with civil society grounded in cultural traditions but with absolute conditions. As such the paper provides insights for armed forces in general, not just the UK and US, as to future directions for the military’s relationship with civilian society.

Citation

Ball, R. (2011, October). Discrimination in the armed forces: A comparative analysis of the impact of UK and US civilian law on the military. Paper presented at IUS on the Armed Forces Conference, Chicago, Chicago, USA

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name IUS on the Armed Forces Conference, Chicago
Conference Location Chicago, USA
Start Date Oct 20, 2011
End Date Oct 23, 2011
Publicly Available Date Jun 8, 2019
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Keywords UK armed forces, US armed forces, civil-military relations, discrimination law, equality law, human right law
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/958319

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