The International Law of Cyber Conflict

• Semester: Spring 2024
• Course ID: 296V
• Credit Hours: 2
• Unique: 28615

Description

Same as LAW 279P, The International Law of Cyber Conflict.

This course only meets in person on February 9-10 and March 1-2.

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 operations during 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. The instructor directed that effort, to update to which will be completed in late 2026.