Open AccessCoup Culture: The Military and the Failure of Constitutionalism in Fiji
Author(s) -
Sarah J. Wilson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
victoria university of wellington law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-3082
pISSN - 1171-042X
DOI - 10.26686/vuwlr.v42i3.5117
Subject(s) - interim , constitutionalism , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , political science , power (physics) , project commissioning , military government , law , political economy , public administration , publishing , sociology , democracy , philosophy , politics , computer science , linguistics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
Fiji's Interim Military Government has now been in power for nearly five years. Since that time elections have been promised for 2014, but whether those elections will take place, or how they will be carried out in practice, remains to be seen. This paper is a focus on the checks and balances on the Military Forces in Fiji, and how those could be adapted to restrict military power in the island state.