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Cyberwarfare And The Use Of Force Giving Rise To The Right Of Self-Defense, Matthew Hoisington
Cyberwarfare And The Use Of Force Giving Rise To The Right Of Self-Defense, Matthew Hoisington
Matthew Hoisington
Cyberwarfare represents a novel weapon that has the potential to alter the way state and non-state actors conduct modern war. The unique nature of the threat and the ability for cyberwar practioners to inflict injury, death, and physical destruction via cyberspace strains traditional definitions of the use of force. In order to clearly delineate the rights of the parties involved, including the right to self-defense, the international community must come to some consensus on the meaning of cyberwarfare within the existing jus ad bellum paradigm. After examining the shortcomings inherent in classifying cyberattacks according to classical notions of kinetic warfare, …
Electronic Contracting Cases 2008-2009, Juliet M. Moringiello, William L. Reynolds
Electronic Contracting Cases 2008-2009, Juliet M. Moringiello, William L. Reynolds
William L. Reynolds
In this survey, we review electronic contracting cases decided between June 15, 2008 and June 15, 2009. During that period we found that there was not much action on the formation by click-wrap and browse-wrap front. We have previously observed that the law of electronic contracts has matured, and the fact that there have not been any decisions on whether click-wrap and browse-wrap are effective ways of forming contracts reflects that observation. This year brought us three modification cases, two cases in which a party alleged that it was not bound to the offered terms because an unauthorized party agreed …