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On Climate Change And Cyber Attacks: Leveraging Polycentric Governance To Mitigate Global Collective Action Problems, Scott J. Shackelford
On Climate Change And Cyber Attacks: Leveraging Polycentric Governance To Mitigate Global Collective Action Problems, Scott J. Shackelford
Scott Shackelford
Although the atmosphere and cyberspace are distinct arenas, they share similar problems of overuse, difficulties of enforcement, and the associated challenges of collective inaction and free riders. Moreover, “[m]illions of actors affect the global atmosphere[,]” just as they do the Internet. With weather patterns changing, global sea levels rising, and temperatures set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100, climate change is a problem affecting the entire world, but one in which the benefits are dispersed and the harms are often concentrated. Similarly, much of the cost of cyber attacks is focused in a relatively small number of nations even …
Sustainable Cybersecurity: Applying Lessons From The Green Movement To Managing Cyber Attacks, Scott J. Shackelford, Tim Fort
Sustainable Cybersecurity: Applying Lessons From The Green Movement To Managing Cyber Attacks, Scott J. Shackelford, Tim Fort
Scott Shackelford
According to Frank Montoya, the U.S. National Counterintelligence Chief, “We’re an information-based society now. Information is everything. That makes . . . company executives, the front line – not the support mechanism, the front line – in [determining] what comes.”[1] Chief Montoya’s remarks underscore the central role played by the private sector in ongoing efforts aimed at enhancing cybersecurity, much like the increasingly vital role firms are playing in fostering sustainability. For example, according to Accenture surveys, the number of managers who consider sustainability to be critical to the future success of their organizations jumped from fifty to more …
Neither Magic Bullet Nor Lost Cause: Land Titling And The Wealth Of Nations, Scott Shackelford
Neither Magic Bullet Nor Lost Cause: Land Titling And The Wealth Of Nations, Scott Shackelford
Scott Shackelford
This Article offers a critique of land titling movements. Formalizing property rights is a popular idea. Endorsements range from Ronald Coase, Milton Friedman, Francis Fukayama, and Jeanne Kirkpatrick, to David Owen, and Margaret Thatcher. This Article seeks to determine whether such widespread praise is justified based on an analysis of the available empirical literature on the subject. I argue that instead of property rights formalization being a panacea cure for alleviating poverty in the developing world, it is but one part of a more holistic process of legal reform that is required before economic development might be catalyzed and property …
Governing The Final Frontier: A Polycentric Approach To Managing Space Weaponization And Debris, Scott Shackelford
Governing The Final Frontier: A Polycentric Approach To Managing Space Weaponization And Debris, Scott Shackelford
Scott Shackelford
Effective space governance has become increasingly important to spacefaring and non-spacefaring powers alike given the interrelated problems of space weaponization and debris management, but thus far the applicable legal regimes remain amorphous and outdated. For example, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) establishes space as being free from national appropriation, while setting out certain property rights. But legal ambiguities persist, such as regarding what weapons are permitted in space since the military use of space has not been forbidden, only the placement of weapons of mass destruction in orbit and the establishment of military bases on the moon or other …
Was Selden Right? The Expansion Of Closed Seas And Its Consequences, Scott Shackelford
Was Selden Right? The Expansion Of Closed Seas And Its Consequences, Scott Shackelford
Scott Shackelford
This Article focuses on the relationship between the legal regimes governing offshore resources in the continental shelves and the deep seabed, particularly in reference to the extent to which continental shelf claims are encroaching on the deep seabed. The question of how well these respective legal regimes regulate resource exploitation will also be considered, along with an analysis of the underlying reasons driving change in these governance structures. I argue that the primary issue is one of whether vague rules, particularly UNCLOS Article 76, are working in terms of incentivizing sustainable, peaceful development of offshore resources.
The Tragedy Of The Common Heritage Of Mankind, Scott James Shackelford
The Tragedy Of The Common Heritage Of Mankind, Scott James Shackelford
Scott Shackelford
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