Unilateral remedies to cyber operations : self-defence, countermeasures, necessity, and the question of attribution / Henning Lahmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lahmann, Henning Christian, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberspace operations (International law).

Self-defense (International law).

Unilateral acts (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Addressing both scholars of international law and political science as well as decision makers involved in cybersecurity policy, the book tackles the most important and intricate legal issues that a state faces when considering a reaction to a malicious cyber operation conducted by an adversarial state. While often invoked in political debates and widely analysed in international legal scholarship, self-defence and countermeasures will often remain unavailable to states in situations of cyber emergency due to the pervasive problem of reliable and timely attribution of cyber operations to state actors. Analysing the legal questions surrounding attribution in detail, the book presents the necessity defence as an evidently available alternative. However, the shortcomings of the doctrine as based in customary international law that render it problematic as a remedy for states are examined in-depth. In light of this, the book concludes by outlining a special emergency regime for cyberspace.

Contents:

The spectre of cyberwar

Terminology

International legal framework

Self-defence

Countermeasures

Necessity

Transnational cybersecurity, unilateral remedies, and the rule of law

"Such incidents might recur at any time" : the intervention convention

Possible elements of the cyber emergency regime

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Apr 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108807050

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Restricted for use by site license.