Copyright 2010 The Lawfare Project Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:29:35 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Lawfare Project :: Writings http://www.thelawfareproject.org webmaster@thelawfareproject.org (The Lawfare Project) webmaster@thelawfareproject.org en-us http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/08/rule-of-law-upheld-in-quebec-will-belgium-follow Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST On Thursday August 12th, CBC News reported that the Quebec Court of Appeal rejected an attempt by the West Bank village of Bil'in's council to sue two Montreal-based companies that operate in the West Bank. As the article summarized, "Quebec's highest http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/08/chinas-twin-strategies-to-control-the-south-china Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST On August 5th, the Associated Press ran an article with the worrying title "Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balance," referring to the new Dong Fen 21D, a missile that "that could be launched from land with enough accuracy to penetrate the http://www.thelawfareproject.org/200/goldstein-on-fox-news-red-eye-on-wikileaks Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/08/ Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/07/recent-lawfare-related-news Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST The first two articles below explain how the release of classified information by Wikileaks may potentially set the stage for lawfare applications, while the third article responds to 'war crimes' charges against coalition forces in Afghanistan, though http://www.thelawfareproject.org/176/lawfare-weaponizing-human-rights Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/182/counter-terrorism-and-counter-lawfare-at-the-us Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/06/counter-terrorism-and-counter-lawfare-at-the-us Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST On June 21, 2010, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, which reaffirmed the constitutionality of a key counter-terrorist statute that prohibits providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations. http://www.thelawfareproject.org/166/key-legal-facts-relating-to-the-confrontation Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST Key legal facts relating to the confrontation between the M.S. Mavi Marmara and Israeli forces on May 31st, 2010 · Israel and Hamas are in a state of armed conflict. Hamas controls the Gaza Strip, which is a coastal territory. Following a 2006 http://www.thelawfareproject.org/2010/06/hezbollah-declares-lawfare-against-israel Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EST "We have to sue the Israeli leaders anywhere possible in the world. Suing Israel for its crimes will render Israeli leaders beleaguered and perplexed." These were the words of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Nasrallah to a cheering crowd in Beirut http://www.thelawfareproject.org/162/in-the-news-lawfare-spin-israeli-commandos Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST I've mentioned "lawfare" before. It is defined by the Lawfare Project, as: "the use of the law as a weapon of war, or more specifically, the abuse of the law and legal systems for strategic political or military ends." The countries most vulnerable to http://www.thelawfareproject.org/144/speech-delivered-by-brooke-goldstein-at-fordham Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST TEXT OF SPEECH DELIVERED BY BROOKE GOLDSTEIN FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL CONFERENCE ON LAWFARE & THE GOLDSTONE REPORT APRIL 27 2010 "INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LEGAL RECOURSES: RESPONDING TO LAWFARE AND THE GOLDSTONE REPORT" INTRO – CONSIDER THE CONTEXT I want to http://www.thelawfareproject.org/149/the-lawfare-projects-brooke-goldstein-featured-on Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/140/using-the-law-to-wage-war Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST http://www.thelawfareproject.org/136/lawfare-twists-the-law Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST The recently-formed "Lawfare Project" has launched a new type of strategy to fight Muslim-led manipulation of law in its war against democracy. The project was revealed at the first-ever "lawfare" conference, held in New York late last week. Lawfare is a