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  • European Convention on Cybercrime

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on european convention on cybercrime explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "cybercrime, european convention on" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic […]

  • Cybercrime

    Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. Cybercrime is defined as the use of any computer network for crime and the high-tech criminals of the digital age have not been slow to spot the opportunities. The scope of the definition becomes even larger with […]

  • Cybercrime Attacks

    Overview of Cybercrime Attacks in relation to cyber crime: [1]Today hundreds of millions of computers are simultaneously connected to the Internet. This along with weak (although improving) information security practices by organizations and computer users throughout the world make major […]

  • Cybercrime Attacks

    Overview of Cybercrime Attacks in relation to cyber crime: [1]Today hundreds of millions of computers are simultaneously connected to the Internet. This along with weak (although improving) information security practices by organizations and computer users throughout the world make major […]

  • Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime

    Overview of Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime in relation to cyber crime: [1]The Convention requires that participating countries adjust or augment their criminal and legal procedures to permit investigation of the cybercrimes indicated about this topic, while retaining whatever […]

  • Intellectual Property

    Summary of Intellectual Property Intellectual Property is, according withWilliam J. Miller, a general term covering industrial property such as patents, trademarks, and trade names, as well as literary and artistic property, including copyrights. Consideration of the meaning of the word […]

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Transnational Crime

    Transnational crime From a criminological perspective, the concept of 'transnational crime' originates from the mid-1970s when the United Nations used the term in order to identify certain criminal activities which transcend national jurisdictions. In 1995, the United Nations identified […]

  • Transnational Crime

    Transnational crime From a criminological perspective, the concept of 'transnational crime' originates from the mid-1970s when the United Nations used the term in order to identify certain criminal activities which transcend national jurisdictions. In 1995, the United Nations identified […]

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  • Cyberspace Governance

    Governance in Cyberspace In his book “Cyberthreats and International Law” (Eleven International Publishing, 2012), Georg Kerschischnig wrote: “Most governments have long been underestimating the power vested within ICT, in particular the Internet. This put the private sector and civil society in the driver’s seat, which – with slackened reins – promoted technical innovation and picked…

  • Cyberthreats

    Cyberthreats Introduction The Evolution of Cyberthreats Dependency, Interconnectivity, and New Vulnerabilities Boundlessness, Anonymity, and Technological Progress The Vagueness of Cyberintrusions and Unclear Responsibilities The Problem of Attribution and Sovereignty in Cyberspace Understanding Cyberthreats Technical Background Computerization and Interconnectivity The Role of Hard- and Software Oligarchy Flaws Institutional Background The Evolution of the Internet A Short…

  • Internet Law

    Legal Materials By Michael L. Rustad and Diane D’Angelo (1) Subscription Databases Westlaw: Westlaw’s All-RPTS database contains all reported cases from courts in the European Union and other courts worldwide as selected […]

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…