Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

Edited by Nicholas Tsagourias, Professor of International Law, University of Sheffield and Russell Buchan, School of Law, University of Reading, UK

Contents:

Preface xiv
Introduction to the Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace 1
Michael N. Schmitt

PART I CYBERSPACE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW
1 The legal status of cyberspace: sovereignty redux? 9
Nicholas Tsagourias
2 The rise of cyber norms 32
Marja Lehto
3 Mapping power in cyberspace 46
Outi Korhonen and Ekaterina Markovich
4 Jurisdiction in network society 69
Uta Kohl
5 The international law of cyber intervention 97
Ido Kilovaty
6 State responsibility in cyberspace 113
Constantine Antonopoulos
7 Cyberspace and human rights 130
David P. Fidler
8 International criminal responsibility in cyberspace 152
Kai Ambos
9 International investment law and arbitration in cyberspace 181
Eric De Brabandere

PART II CYBER TREATS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
10 Cyber terrorism and use of the internet for terrorist purposes 204
Ben Saul and Kathleen Heath
11 Cyber espionage and international law 230
Russell Buchan and Iñaki Navarrete
12 International legal dimensions of cybercrime 252
Philipp Kastner and Frédéric Mégret

PART III CYBER ATTACKS AND THE JUS AD BELLUM
13 The notion of cyber operations 271
Paul A. L. Ducheine and Peter B. M. J. Pijpers
14 Cyber operations as a use of force 296
Marco Roscini
15 Self-defence in cyberspace 316
Carlo Focarelli
16 Cyber-peacekeeping and international law 344
Nicholas Tsagourias and Giacomo Biggio
17 Some thoughts on cyber deterrence and public international law 365
Eric Myjer

PART IV CYBER WAR AND THE JUS IN BELLO
18 Distinctive ethical challenges of cyberweapons 387
Neil C Rowe
19 Classifying cyber warfare 405
Louise Arimatsu
20 Is the principle of distinction still relevant in cyberwarfare? From
doctrinal discourse to States’ practice 426
Karine Bannelier
21 International humanitarian law applied to cyber-warfare: precautions,
proportionality and the notion of ‘attack’ under the humanitarian law of
armed conflict 456
Terry D. Gill
22 Cyber war and the law of neutrality 470
David Turns

PART V REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO
CYBER SECURITY
23 European law and cyberspace 490
Ramses A. Wessel
24 NATO and the international law of cyber defence 508
Steven Hill
25 Russian approaches to international law and cyberspace 524
Sergey Sayapin
26 Chinese approaches to cyberspace governance and international law in
cyberspace 546
Zhixiong Huang and Yaohui Ying
27 Cyber security in the Asia-Pacific 563
Hitoshi Nasu
28 The United Nations and the regulation of cyber-security 581
Christian Henderson

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