ABSTRACT
Military discipline is probably as old as militaries themselves. Arguably, it is its discipline that distinguishes a military from an armed mob: ‘“An armed disciplined body” is in its essence dangerous to Liberty: undisciplined, it is ruinous to Society’. Given that there must be a permanent defence force, it is critical that it be employed only for proper purposes and that it be subject to proper control (Commonwealth 1979: 10.10). 1
