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"Preface" [2015] ELECD 689; in Tsagourias, Nicholas; Buchan, Russell (eds), "Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) xiii

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

Editor(s): Tsagourias, Nicholas; Buchan, Russell

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781782547389

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Preface


The idea for a research handbook on international law and cyberspace emerged from
our own research and discussions in different fora about the applicability of inter-
national rules to cyberspace and to various cyber activities and the realisation that the
range of issues and problems involved pose various challenges to international law. For
this reason, we endeavoured to bring together an array of experts to offer original and
insightful analysis of a host of legal issues pertaining to cyberspace and to various
cyber activities.
The handbook starts with an examination of the legal status of cyberspace and of the
way certain international law principles apply to cyberspace. These include sovereignty,
jurisdiction, state responsibility, intellectual property rights, human rights, and indi-
vidual criminal responsibility. Part II proceeds by setting out and analysing the legal
rules that apply to cyber terrorism, cyber espionage, and cyber crime. Part III examines
the rules that apply to cyber attacks whereas Part IV considers the application of
international humanitarian law principles to cyberwar. Part V examines international
and regional cyber security policies such as those of the EU, NATO, Asia-Pacific
nations and of the United Nations.
This research handbook thus serves as a guide to academics, practitioners, research-
ers and students on the international law principles and rules that apply to cyberspace
and to certain cyber activities. The handbook also serves as a basis for further research
in this area by identifying a number of important issues that require more detailed and
specialised treatment.
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