Cyber-espionage in international law: Silence speaks (Melland Schill Studies in International Law)

By: Thibault Moulin

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Synopsis: While espionage between states is a practice dating back centuries, the emergence of the internet revolutionised the types and scale of intelligence activities, creating drastic new challenges for the traditional legal frameworks governing them.This book argues that cyber-espionage has come to have an uneasy status in law: it is not prohibited, because spying does not result in an internationally wrongful act, but neither is it authorised or permitted, because states are free to resist foreign cyber-espionage activities. Rather than seeking further regulation, however, governments have remained purposefully silent, leaving them free to pursue cyber-espionage themselves at the same time as they adopt measures to prevent falling victim to it.Drawing on detailed analysis of state practice and examples from sovereignty, diplomacy, human rights and economic law, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the current legal status of cyber-espionage, as well as future directions for research and policy. It is an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in international law, as well as anyone interested in the future of cyber-security.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781526168023
Related ISBNs:: 9781526168047, 9781526168030
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 03/06/24
Copyrighted By:: Thibault Moulin
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Military, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.