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Washington International Law Journal
Abstract
This paper seeks to offer a fresh perspective into the Chinese Communist Party’s (“CCP”) implementation of lawfare to assert dominance over Taiwan. Rather than viewing lawfare as one doctrine with one outcome, this paper aims to reorganize lawfare in its many uses, identifying the three primary categories that the CCP uses to extend its sovereignty over Taiwan: (1) using law to legitimize a nation’s own goals, (2) using law to delegitimize an adversary’s actions, and (3) weaponizing an adversary’s laws. This paper seeks to analyze and recharacterize current and historical events in terms of these three lawfare categories, demonstrating how the CCP is using lawfare to prepare the battlefield for an impending conflict in Taiwan.
First Page
151
Recommended Citation
Monica Glenzer,
Taiwan: Legal Status, Legitimacy, and Lawfare,
34 Wash. Int’l L.J.
151
(2025).
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https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wilj/vol34/iss2/5