Lawfare: New Trajectories in Law eBook

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This book develops a new conceptualisation of lawfare that recognises the polysemantic nature of the term. Drawing on theoretical developments from legal anthropology, international relations, and social theory, the book scrutinises the multiple dimensions of this phenomenon. It illustrates the multifaceted character of lawfare with a wide range of historical and contemporary cases from across the globe and analyses the implications of actors pursuing political objectives through legal means. This includes the use of lawfare by states as a legal instrument to accomplish geopolitical objectives, domestic lawfare, or the use of legal instruments to undermine internal opposition, and state lawfare used by governments to ‘protect’ the state from internal territorial-secessionist challenges. Finally, the book shows that lawfare is not exclusively a tool for hegemonic actors, as it can also be used by civil society actors that aim to uphold their rights through legal instruments in asymmetric lawfare. This book contributes to new developments in lawfare without shying away from controversy, acknowledging its sometimes-brutal efficacy as well as its potential pitfalls. The book will appeal to scholars and students of law, international relations, political science, anthropology, and sociology.

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9781032267722, 9781003289869

Lawfare: New Trajectories in Law 1st Edition is written by Jaume Castan Pinos; Mark Friis Hau and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Lawfare are 9781000799132, 1000799131 and the print ISBNs are 9781032267746, 1032267747. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781032267722, 9781003289869.