Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace

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

• Contents:Preface xivIntroduction to the Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace 1Michael N. SchmittPART I CYBERSPACE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OFINTERNATIONAL LAW1 The legal status of cyberspace: sovereignty redux? 9Nicholas Tsagourias2 The rise of cyber norms 32Marja Lehto3 Mapping power in cyberspace 46Outi Korhonen and Ekaterina Markovich4 Jurisdiction in network society 69Uta Kohl5 The international law of cyber intervention 97Ido Kilovaty6 State responsibility in cyberspace 113Constantine Antonopoulos7 Cyberspace and human rights 130David P. Fidler8 International criminal responsibility in cyberspace 152Kai Ambos9 International investment law and arbitration in cyberspace 181Eric De BrabanderePART II CYBER TREATS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW10 Cyber terrorism and use of the internet for terrorist purposes 204Ben Saul and Kathleen Heath11 Cyber espionage and international law 230Russell Buchan and Iñaki Navarrete12 International legal dimensions of cybercrime 252Philipp Kastner and Frédéric MégretPART III CYBER ATTACKS AND THE JUS AD BELLUM13 The notion of cyber operations 271Paul A. L. Ducheine and Peter B. M. J. Pijpers14 Cyber operations as a use of force 296Marco Roscini15 Self-defence in cyberspace 316Carlo Focarelli16 Cyber-peacekeeping and international law 344Nicholas Tsagourias and Giacomo Biggio17 Some thoughts on cyber deterrence and public international law 365Eric MyjerPART IV CYBER WAR AND THE JUS IN BELLO18 Distinctive ethical challenges of cyberweapons 387Neil C Rowe19 Classifying cyber warfare 405Louise Arimatsu20 Is the principle of distinction still relevant in cyberwarfare? Fromdoctrinal discourse to States’ practice 426Karine Bannelier21 International humanitarian law applied to cyber-warfare: precautions,proportionality and the notion of ‘attack’ under the humanitarian law ofarmed conflict 456Terry D. Gill22 Cyber war and the law of neutrality 470David TurnsPART V REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TOCYBER SECURITY23 European law and cyberspace 490Ramses A. Wessel24 NATO and the international law of cyber defence 508Steven Hill25 Russian approaches to international law and cyberspace 524Sergey Sayapin26 Chinese approaches to cyberspace governance and international law incyberspace 546Zhixiong Huang and Yaohui Ying27 Cyber security in the Asia-Pacific 563Hitoshi Nasu28 The United Nations and the regulation of cyber-security 581Christian HendersonIndex

‘Tsagourias and Buchan have successfully brought together some of the world's best legal thinkers on cyber issues to address the domain's most difficult current questions. For anyone looking to understand the application of international law to cyber operations, including the views of major actors such as China, and Russia, this second edition of the Research Handbook provides an incredibly useful one-stop source. A true must-read for anyone involved in cyber operations.’