Public Law Studies Quarterly

Self-regulation of the Cyberspace

Document Type : Article

Authors

Saeid Rahaeie 1
Mohsen Mataji 2

1 Associate Professor and Faculty Member of Faculty of Law, Mofid university, Qom, Iran

2 Ph.D. in International Law at Mofid University, Qom, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2020.278890.1963
Abstract
Since the introduction of cyberspace into human life, various ways have been suggested for regulating it. In this context, self-regulation, in the sense of private regulation and decentralized law-making, has come to fore as an efficient way for managing the online world. This approach, as a function of the libertarian discourse, views national legislation ineffective in regulating the cyberspace. But the theoretical framework of this kind of self-regulation and its strengths and weaknesses are open to debate. This study, using a descriptive-analytical approach, considers the architecture of cyberspace to be a systematic link between different layers, issues, and actors, and as such a new frontier. Given this feature, self-regulation can be an efficient way of regulating not just the various layers and issues of the cyberspace but also its physical and infrastructure issues.

Keywords

private ordering
self-regulation
cyberspace
decentralized lawmaking

  1. English

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Public Law Studies Quarterly
Volume 52, Issue 4
Winter 2023
Winter 2022
Pages 2127-2148

  • Receive Date 08 April 2019
  • Revise Date 28 February 2020
  • Accept Date 10 May 2020

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