The present dissertation is the first of several dissertations - dealing with the same subject but focussing on different states - which were assigned by Univ.-Prof. Dr. iur. utr. Armin A. Steinkamm, Director of the Institute for International Politics, Security Policy, Military Law and International Law at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, as part of a major research project at the Institute. The research project is being conducted against a background of efforts to reduce problems in the cooperation between multinational units operating within NATO and (particularly in future) the WEU/EU, and also within the framework of international military operations under the mandate of the UN, OSCE, etc. The long-term objective is to harmonise the systems of military law, particularly those of the EU and NATO states. With these intentions in mind, a comparison is made between the systems of military law in Austria and Germany. Taking the two countries respective historical, political and constitutional conditions into account, the paper examines the most important legal stipulations governing the integration of the armed forces into the state order in both countries, together with the position of the servicemen within, and in relation to, their respective armed forces. The paper places particular emphasis on the tasks of the armed forces, the rights and duties of the servicemen, the right to issue orders, the limits to the duty of obedience, the scope for state sanctions against violations of rules by servicemen and the possibility of legal protection for those servicemen.
«The present dissertation is the first of several dissertations - dealing with the same subject but focussing on different states - which were assigned by Univ.-Prof. Dr. iur. utr. Armin A. Steinkamm, Director of the Institute for International Politics, Security Policy, Military Law and International Law at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, as part of a major research project at the Institute. The research project is being conducted against a background of efforts to reduce problems in the co...
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