''The Law of Cyber-Space'' is a book by
Ahmad Kamal, Senior Fellow at the
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system. UNITAR provides training and capacity development activities to assist mainly developing countries with special attention ...
on the subject of
cyber law.
As is explained in its foreword, the book is a sequel to the earlier work on “Information Insecurity” published in 2002, in which it had been pointed out that the absence of globally harmonised legislation was turning cyber-space into an area of ever increasing dangers and worries.
The book lays down the possible parameters for a law of cyberspace and argues in favour of starting negotiations with the full participation of the three concerned stake-holders, namely governments, the private sector, and civil society.
Kamal believes that, in many ways, the current situation in cyberspace is similar to the problems once faced on the open ocean, where the absence of any jurisdiction or consensus legislation had also created a lawless situation. The international community finally woke up to the challenge and started negotiations on the
Law of the Sea. Those negotiations went on for almost a decade before they succeeded and Kamal writes that the world is much better off as a result.
Kamal asserts that in the case of cyber-space the challenge appears to be far greater:
See also
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Internet and Technology Law Desk Reference
''Internet and Technology Law Desk Reference'' is a non-fiction book about information technology law, written by Michael Dennis Scott. The book uses wording from legal cases to define information technology jargon, and gives citations to indiv ...
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External links
The full text of ''The Law of Cyber-Space'' is also available for free download from the UN Permanent Missions
2005 non-fiction books
Law books
Books about the Internet
Cyberspace
Works about computer law
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