Symposia
Divided Loyalties: Professional Standards and Military Duty
Lawfare!: Are America's Enemies Using the Law Against Us as a Weapon of War?
Somebody's Watching Me: Surveillance and Privacy in an Age of National Insecurity
After Guantánamo: The Way Forward
ICC and the Crime of Aggression
Lawfare!:
Are America's Enemies Using the Law Against Us as a Weapon of War?
September 10-11, 2010
Traditionally "Lawfare" was defined as a strategy of using — or misusing — law as a substitute for traditional military means to achieve an operational objective. But lately, commentators and governments have applied the concept to International Criminal Tribunals, the defense counsel's tactics challenging the detention of al Qaeda suspects in Guantanamo Bay, and as indicated in the quote above to the controversial Goldstone Commission Report.
This symposium features two-dozen leading academics, practitioners, and present and former government officials from all sides of the political spectrum, including Major General Charles Dunlap, Jr., USAF, who is credited with clarifying and defining lawfare.
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