Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Internet as Information and Communication Environment, Instrument of Legal Communication and Object of Legal Regulation

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (4)
Authors
Romashov, Roman A.; Panchenko, Vladislav Iu.
Contact information
Romashov, Roman A.: Saint-Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences 15 Fuchika Str., Saint-Petersburg, 192236, Russia; ; Panchenko, Vladislav Iu.: Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;
Keywords
cyberspace; the Internet provider; virtual law; cybercrime; self-regulation; state sovereignty; legal regime
Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of the Internet on the traditional understanding of legal regulation and state sovereignty. The authors come to conclusions that the cyberspace is a self-regulatory system with its own parameters of internal and external interactions, which a state has no power to subdue or fully control. Creation and wide implementation of virtual institutions causes a qualitative reevaluation of approaches to the form, content and subjects of social relations. In particular, the liability of the Internet providers has become an urgent challenge for legal theory and practice. Legal acknowledgement of cybercrimes and cyberterrorism offences is considered to be a positive move forward. However, the article outlines that the states still have not developed any common policy in this field. The authors argue that emergence of the cyberspace has replaced the principle of hierarchy with the principle of horizontal interaction, which guarantees the equality of all parties to the Internet relations

Pages
579-583
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/32343

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