Marcelo Ungarit

Is justice the last bastion of democracy, or has it become the ultimate weapon of mass political destruction?Lawfare, or "legal warfare, " has emerged as the most defining and destabilizing geopolitical phenomenon of our time. Across the globe, courts have ceased to be neutral arbiters of the law and have instead been transformed into highly coordinated battlegrounds for power, where political destinies are decided not at the ballot box, but in the courtroom.
In this groundbreaking and brilliantly argued book, Marcelo Ungarit strips away the media noise and partisan polarization to dissect the complete anatomy of the judicialization of politics. With clinical precision, this work demonstrates that the weaponization of the law is not a monopoly of any single political ideology, but rather a sophisticated, systemic technology of domination utilized by power elites across the entire political spectrum.
Through a deep, comparative analysis of modern legal systems, Lawfare: La justicia como arma de destrucción política exposes how the machinery of justice is captured-from the strategic abuse of criminal statutes and the weaponization of preventive detention, to the chilling rise of corporate-backed civil lawsuits designed to silence journalists and activists. More than just a critique, Ungarit offers a concrete, innovative path forward, introducing an objective legal doctrine to diagnose judicial persecution and presenting urgent structural reforms to shield the Rule of Law before it is too late.
An indispensable read for jurists, political analysts, journalists, and anyone seeking to understand the silent war threatening the very survival of modern democracy.