Military Forces: National Security Institutions
Table 15.1 encompasses the constitutional status and functions of the armed forces and other security forces as well as their institutional setting. Subconstitutional law is largely disregarded.
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| 1. | Military forces | Scope of empowerment | 2 |
| 2. | National security institutions | Scope of empowerment | 2 |
| 3. | Commander in Chief | Scope of empowerment | 2 |
| 4. | Declaration of war | Procedural-organisational | 2 |
| 5. | Emergency situations | Material-procedural-organisational | 2 |
| 6. | Parliamentary control of emergency and war powers | Procedural-institutional | 2 |
Fig. 15.1 Defence and war powers
The nomination and status of the Commander in Chief is discussed in another context as it partly overlaps with executive functions of the President which are described in Sect. 8.1.2.4 (Table 8.1).
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