Research handbook on international law and cyberspace / edited by Nicholas Tsagourias, Russell Buchan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Tsagourias, Nicholas, editor.

Buchan, Russell, 1983- editor.

Series:

Research Handbooks in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cyberterrorism--Law and legislation.

Cyberterrorism.

Internet--Law and legislation.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (662 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This revised and expanded edition of the Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace brings together leading scholars and practitioners to examine how international legal rules, concepts and principles apply to cyberspace and the activities occurring within it. In doing so, contributors highlight the difficulties in applying international law to cyberspace, assess the regulatory efficacy of these rules and, where necessary, suggest adjustments and revisions.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Table of cases

Table of legislation

Introduction to the Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

Part I CYBERSPACE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

1. The legal status of cyberspace: sovereignty redux?

2. The rise of cyber norms

3. Mapping power in cyberspace

4. Jurisdiction in network society

5. The international law of cyber intervention

6. State responsibility in cyberspace

7. Cyberspace and human rights

8. International criminal responsibility in cyberspace

9. International investment law and arbitration in cyberspace

Part II CYBER THREATS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

10. Cyber terrorism and use of the internet for terrorist purposes

11. Cyber espionage and international law

12. International legal dimensions of cybercrime

Part III CYBER ATTACKS AND THE JUS AD BELLUM

13. The notion of cyber operations

14. Cyber operations as a use of force

15. Self-defence in cyberspace

16. Cyber-peacekeeping and international law

17. Some thoughts on cyber deterrence and public international law

Part IV CYBER WAR AND THE JUS AD BELLUM

18. Distinctive ethical challenges of cyberweapons

19. Classifying cyber warfare

20. Is the principle of distinction still relevant in cyberwarfare? From doctrinal discourse to States' practice

21. International humanitarian law applied to cyber-warfare: precautions, proportionality and the notion of 'attack' under the humanitarian law of armed conflict

22. Cyber war and the law of neutrality

Part V REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO CYBER SECURITY AND CYBER GOVERNANCE

23. European law and cyberspace

24. NATO and the international law of cyber defence

25. Russian approaches to international law and cyberspace.

26. Chinese approaches to cyberspace governance and international law in cyberspace

27. Cyber security in the Asia-Pacific

28. The United Nations and the regulation of cyber-security

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tsagourias, Nicholas Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

ISBN:

1-78990-425-0

OCLC:

1288457326