Cybercrime

2 credits · Law School

Survey of legal issues raised by cyber-related crime organized by two themes: (1) substantive criminal law (the scope, structure, and limitations of the criminal laws that reach cyber-related crime); and (2) criminal procedure (scope, structure, and limitations of the privacy laws and constitutional principles that regulate law enforcement investigations of cyber-related crime). Topics include: jurisdictional issues (federal/state dynamics and international cooperation in collecting evidence); national security considerations (state-sponsored intrusions and IP theft, terrorists' use of the internet, government surveillance); and encryption.