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The International Law of Cyber Conflict

  • Semester: Spring 2020
  • Course ID: 279P
  • Credit Hours: 2
  • Unique: 28685

Course Information

  • Grading Method: Pass/Fail Mandatory
  • Short course: Apr 17 - Apr 25, 2020

Registration Information

  • Upperclass-only elective

Meeting Times

Day Time Location
FRI, SAT 9:30 am - 5:00 pm TNH 2.124

Evaluation Method

Type Date Time Location
Floating take-home exam

Description

This course is an introduction to how international law applies to hostile cyber activities by States and non-State actors during both peacetime and armed conflict.  Topics addressed range from sovereignty in cyberspace to cyber armed conflict.  It also addresses the responses available to States -- such as retorsion, countermeasures, necessity, and self-defense -- when responding to hostile cyber operations.  The course draws on the Tallinn Manual 2.0 project, which resulted in a restatement of the law drafted over seven years by an international group of experts.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations *
Michael N. Schmitt
Cambridge University Press , edition: 2nd
ISBN: 978-1316630372

Instructors

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Important Class Changes

Date Updated
02/03/2020 Room(s) changed
Exam information updated