Document Type : Article

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1 Ph.D Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran

10.22059/jplsq.2022.335813.2971

Abstract

Conflict of laws in Cyber space is a very fundamental challenge; Because the lack of clear demarcation in this area and ultimately the impossibility of implementing "territorial jurisdiction" as a key factor in determining jurisdiction, leads to the application of other principles of jurisdiction in this area,and when this applies to several countries and two or more different countries consider themselves competent to prosecute a crime, we will face a "positive conflict of laws" in cyberspace. And this will be a major dilemma as to which country's courts have jurisdiction.the present article examines this issue with the help of analytical-descriptive method and seeks to find out what are the causes of these conflicts and what are the solutions to solve this problem? And whether the establishment of rules in this field is conceivable or should the conflict be resolved by case-by-case instructions.

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