Constructing a Defective Myth: The Case of Lawfare Between Nightmare and a Noble Dream of Neutral Politics in Criminal Courts

• Autor: Laise, Luciano D.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/28143
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/28143
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Corrupción; Guerra híbrida; Mito político; Argumentación jurídica; Derecho al debido proceso; Lawfare; Corruption; Hybrid war; Political myth; Legal argumentation; Right to due process

The notoriety that criminal proceedings against Latin-American political figures have acquired led some to argue that such proceedings constitute a perverse attack against popular leaders who oppose the neoliberal agendas of the global north. Before this issue, in this article I intend to systematically reconstruct the specialized literature on the concept of lawfare. Then I will outline both mythical and fallacious nature of many of the explanations and implications for so-called lawfare. Since those criticisms, I will highlight two relevant topics: (i) the necessary respect for the basic procedural guarantees for any person who is accused of serious crimes against public administration, and (ii) the inevitable political dimension of legal interpretation.