Cybercrime and its sovereign spaces: An international law perspective

Ilias Bantekas*

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Abstract

The position of this chapter is that unlike other tangible areas, such as the seas or airspace, cyberspace, although very much a sphere of activity is not a space in the physical sense and is not, therefore, subject to the international law of boundaries. This observation is crucial for law enforcement purposes because the prosecution of cybercrimes in cyberspace does not engage the concept of jurisdiction from the perspective of territoriality, although states are, of course, free to consider cybercrime from an artificial cross-border, boundary-related or similar perspective.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLegal Responses to Transnational and International Crimes
Subtitle of host publicationTowards an Integrative Approach
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Pages128-145
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781786433992
ISBN (Print)9781786433985
Publication statusPublished - 24 Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes

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