04255cam a2200481 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000420011402000390015604000230019504200080021804300220022605000210024808200100026910000390027924500580031826000670037630000290044333600210047233700250049333800230051850400670054150504660060852020710107465000450314565000560319065000450324665000480329165000250333965000360336465000460340065000300344665000440347665000390352065000480355965100600360765100440366765300620371118626804BJBSDDR20230411090859.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta150521s2016    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2015020627  a9780190263577 (hardback : alk. paper)  a0190263571 (hardback : alk. paper)  aDLCbengcDLCerda  apcc  an-us----aa-is---14aK 967bK62l 201600a341.31 aKittrie, Orde F. q(Orde Félix) 10aLawfare :blaw as a weapon of war /cOrde F. Kittrie.  aOxford, UK :aNew York, NY : bOxford University Press,c2016   axvii, 481 pages ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 345-459) and index.0 aA conceptual overview of lawfare's meaning, variety and power -- Lawfare waged by U.S. private sector and non-governmental organization attorneys -- The U.S. government's financial lawfare against Iran -- The Chinese government adopts and implements a lawfare strategy -- The Palestinian Authority's lawfare against Israel -- Palestinian NGOs and their allies wage lawfare against Israel -- Hamas battlefield lawfare against Israel -- Israeli offensive lawfare.  a"International military interventions can be extremely costly in terms of monetary resources, logistical challenges, and possible soldier and civilian casualties, as well as the potential for catastrophic results to international relations and agreements. In one such example of these enormous potential costs, the US and UK wished to stop a Russian ship from delivering ammunition to the Assad regime in Syria in 2012. Intercepting or confronting a Russian ship in transit could have erupted into open conflict, so they sought an alternative, non-confrontational maneuver: instead of military intervention, the UK persuaded the ship's insurer, London's Standard Club, to withdraw the ship's insurance. This loss of insurance caused the ship to return to Russia, thus avoiding an international clash as well as the delivery of deadly weapons to Syria. This use of legal maneuvering in lieu of armed force is known as "lawfare" and is becoming a critical strategic platform.  In Lawfare, author Orde Kittrie's draws on his experiences as a lawfare practitioner, US State Department attorney, and international law scholar in analyzing the theory and practice of the strategic leveraging of law as an increasingly powerful and effective weapon in the current global security landscape. Lawfare incorporates case studies of recent offensive and defensive lawfare by the United States, Iran, China, and by both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and includes dozens of examples of how lawfare has thus been waged and defended against. Kittrie notes that since private attorneys can play important and decisive roles in their nations' national security plans through their expertise in areas like financial law, maritime insurance law, cyber law, and telecommunications law, the full scope of lawfare's impact and possibilities are just starting to be understood. With international security becoming an ever complicated minefield of concerns and complications, understanding this alternative to armed force has never been more important"--cProvided by publisher. 0aGovernment liability (International law) 4aResponsabilidad del Estado (Derecho internacional)  0aActions and defensesxPolitical aspects. 0aAcciones y defensas xAspectos políticos  0aPublic interest law. 4aDerecho de interés público  0aMalicious prosecutionxPolitical aspects. 4aEnjuiciamiento malicioso  0aNational securityxLaw and legislation. 4aSeguridad nacionalxLegislación  0aArab-Israeli conflictxLaw and legislation. 0aUnited States.xForeign relationsxLaw and legislation. 4aEstados Unidos xRelaciones exteriores   aLawfare (Transnational litigation for political purposes)