Edited by Bert-Jaap Koops, Susan W. Brenner

Combating cybercrime requires law-enforcement expertise, manpower, legislation, and policy priorities within the ambit of crime-fighting. Because of the utterly transnational character of cybercrime, countries must focus on international investigation and prosecution. As cultural and legal traditions play a major part in countries' views on the exercise of criminal law and sovereignty, a unified approach to this phenomenon requires serious reflection. This book intends to contribute to a more concerted international effort towards effectively fighting cybercrime by offering an in-depth survey of views and practices in various jurisdictions.

Lodewijk F. Asscher, Sjo Anne Hoogcarspel

This book aims to present an evaluation of recent legislative initiatives against unsolicited commercial e-mail ('spam') in the European Union. It provides an analysis of the meaning and interpretation of the new regulatory regime for unsolicited communications within the EU, and also addresses international aspects of the fight against spam, namely intra-European activities and supranational policies addressing the issue. It introduces some of the dilemmas of dealing with spam and the importance of effective enforcement mechanisms. The book aims to provide recommendations for further research and practical policy measures.

Edited by Bert-Jaap Koops, Miriam Lips, Corien Prins, Maurice Schellekens

What does the term 'on-line' mean? When do we enter the on-line environment and leave the 'off-line' world? Is it different, separate, or even unique compared to the off-line world? In what cases do we need to regulate it, and how? These have become important, but complex questions for law-makers, policy-makers, regulators, and politicians who design regulatory frameworks. Governments and international organizations have developed regulatory 'starting points'. This book questions these starting points in detail and explores their application, meaning and value for international e-regulation.

Edited by Mark F. Grady, Francesco Parisi

Cybersecurity is an increasing problem for many countries, as critical assets such as air traffic control systems or power grids are controlled by computers and are vulnerable to cyberattack. The problem is compounded because the insecure networks extend far beyond the regulatory jurisdiction of any one nation or even coalition of nations. This book brings together the views of leading law and economics scholars on the nature of the cybersecurity problem and possible solutions to it.

Lucie Guibault, Ot van Daalen

A number of legal challenges need to be addressed in order to ensure the most efficient deployment of open content licences in Europe and in the Netherlands, not least because most open source licences originate from the United States. This study gives an overview of the current legal situation regarding the use of open source software licences and investigates how the most commonly used open source software licences measure up to Dutch and European law.