lawfare

glossary · noun

The use of legal systems, courts, and procedure as weapons of conflict — war waged through litigation and regulation rather than arms.

Bureaucratic controls give way to rewards and incentives, lawfare and coercion are replaced by trust and cooperation.

As used in: pax-decentralia

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