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- noun The use of
international law to attack or condemn a rival country.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stated goal of lawfare is not justice, see Joe Kaufman case or the book case Muslim Mafia, but jihad.
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The really pernicious influence here is not the Islamists - who are waging 'lawfare' - but the disgusting and amoral law firms who obviously put money before any sort of public interest and a bench of High Court judges that reflects the full 1960s credo.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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What is intended to achieve in the end of such "lawfare" - is not only to force UK to betray an ally, but also to erode the will to fight, and delegitimize any self-defence agaisnt jihad
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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American courts are being utilised by radical Islamic groups to stifle writers through "lawfare" - the use of law as a weapon of warfare - a tactic that has had a
FrontPage Magazine Robert 2010
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Its manifestations include protests against Israeli officials visiting universities, Israeli Apartheid Week, faith-based and trade union-based activism, and "lawfare" -- the use of universal jurisdiction to bring legal accountability for alleged Israeli war criminals.
Countercurrents.org 2010
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Any observer of international law is keenly aware that international law can and has been used as a tool of "lawfare" -- less to promote human rights protections and peaceful coexistence than to subvert these goals.
The Debate Link 2010
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American courts are being utilised by radical Islamic groups to stifle writers through "lawfare" - the use of law as a weapon of warfare - a tactic that has had a
FrontPage Magazine 2010
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I'm guessing that it is only a matter of time until KBR starts arguing that the lawyers for the National Guardsman are engaging in lawfare, which is defined as a form of asymmetric warfare waged via the use of domestic or international law with the intention of damaging an opponent.
David Isenberg: Exposing Troops to a Carcinogen Is Not Part of Supporting the Troops David Isenberg 2010
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I'm guessing that it is only a matter of time until KBR starts arguing that the lawyers for the National Guardsman are engaging in lawfare, which is defined as a form of asymmetric warfare waged via the use of domestic or international law with the intention of damaging an opponent.
David Isenberg: Exposing Troops to a Carcinogen Is Not Part of Supporting the Troops David Isenberg 2010
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I'm guessing that it is only a matter of time until KBR starts arguing that the lawyers for the National Guardsman are engaging in lawfare, which is defined as a form of asymmetric warfare waged via the use of domestic or international law with the intention of damaging an opponent.
David Isenberg: Exposing Troops to a Carcinogen Is Not Part of Supporting the Troops David Isenberg 2010
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