digitallawJournal of Digital Technologies and LawJournal of Digital Technologies and Law2949-2483Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov10.21202/jdtl.2024.14sywsrkdigitallaw-424Research ArticleARTICLESСТАТЬИDemarcation of Cyberspace: Political and Legal Effects of Applying the Concept of Sovereign States’ InterestsДемаркация киберпространства: политико-правовые последствия применения концепции национальных интересов суверенных государствhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-1337АбделькаримЯ. А.AbdelkarimY. A.

Абделькарим Яссин Абдалла – судья, суд общей юрисдикции в Луксоре, Министерство юстиции Египта.

82516, Сохаг, Мадинат Нассер, ул. Ахмим Сохаг, Нью Касалови Хотел

Yassin Abdalla Abdelkarim – Judge, Luxor Elementary Court, Egyptian Ministry of Justice

New Casalovy Hotel Street, Akhmim Sohag Street, Madinat Nasser, 82516, Sohag

yassinabdelkarim91@gmail.comСуд общей юрисдикции в ЛуксореЕгипетLuxor Elementary CourtEgypt20243007202422262285Copyright © Abdelkarim Y.A., 20242024Абделькарим Я.А.Abdelkarim Y.A.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://www.lawjournal.digital/jour/article/view/424Objective

Objective: to substantiate the existence of national cyber sovereignty as a legal concept; by introducing the concept of state cyber interests as an innovative determinant, to review the traditional concepts of national sovereignty and state borders in the context of the dynamic nature of cyberspace and the need to develop a hybrid mechanism for cyber borders protection, based simultaneously on law and technology.

Methods

Methods: the doctrinal method was used to identify the basic discrepancies in the views of leading scientists in different fields on fundamental theoretical-methodological, conceptual and categorical issues, including the justification of a single algorithm for establishing borders in cyberspace. The doctrinal method is supplemented by the analysis of judicial practice of different countries, which allows considering the courts extending their jurisdiction to disputes related to cyberspace.

Results

Results: the study presents the application of traditional and modern legal concepts of sovereignty in the new digital environment, resulting in a combination of legal and technological approaches. The author reveals functional significance of the concept of state cyber interests for demarcating cyberspace and defining the boundaries of national sovereignty. The adaptability of this concept to the technically uncertain nature of cyberspace is shown. The conclusion is made about the main directions in forming the concept of cyber interests in cyberspace and its political and legal implications, based, among other things, on the practice of courts of different countries in resolving cyber disputes.

Scientific novelty

Scientific novelty: the concept of state cyber interests is considered as an innovative method of defining cyber borders. It leads to the transformation of the traditional sovereignty concept and the close national interest concept in relation to cyberspace in the context of fulfilling security requirements and intensifying national defense against cyber threats.

Practical significance

Practical significance: the obtained results eliminate existing contradictions in the definition of sovereignty and its spatial limits under the modern technology development; contribute to the elaboration of a disciplinary standard of cyber sovereignty based on a reliable demarcator necessary for the definition of state sovereignty and borders in cyberspace; adapt traditional legal concepts of sovereignty and national interests to the global modern cyber challenges; contribute to the transformation of traditional legal concepts of sovereignty and national interests in cyberspace.

Цель

Цель: обосновать существование национального киберсуверенитета как юридического понятия, наряду с которым путем введения инновационной детерминанты – концепции государственных киберинтересов – переосмыслить традиционные понятия национального суверенитета и государственных границ в условиях динамичной природы киберпространства и необходимости разработки гибридного механизма защиты киберграниц, основанного одновременно на праве и технологиях.

Методы

Методы: на основе доктринального метода выявлены принципиальные расхождения в представлениях ведущих ученых разной отраслевой принадлежности по концептуальным теоретико-методологическим и понятийно-категориальным вопросам, в том числе по вопросу обоснования единого алгоритма для установления границ в киберпространстве. Доктринальный метод дополнен анализом судебной практики разных стран, позволяющим рассмотреть распространение судами своей юрисдикции на споры, связанные с киберпространством.

Результаты

Результаты: в исследовании представлено применение традиционных и современных правовых концепций суверенитета в новой, цифровой среде, результатом чего стало сочетание правовых и технологических подходов. Раскрыто функциональное значение концепции государственных киберинтересов для демаркации киберпространства и определения границ национального суверенитета. Показана адаптируемость данной концепции к технически неопределенной природе киберпространства. Делается вывод об основных направлениях формирования концепции киберинтересов в киберпространстве, ее политических и правовых последствиях, основанных в том числе на практике судов разных стран по разрешению киберспоров.

Научная новизна

Научная новизна: концепция государственных киберинтересов рассматривается в качестве инновационного метода определения киберграниц, что обусловливает трансформацию смысла традиционного понятия суверенитета и тесно связанного с ними понятия национальных интересов применительно к киберпространству в контексте обеспечения требований безопасности и активизации национальной защиты от киберугроз.

Практическая значимость

Практическая значимость: полученные результаты устраняют имеющиеся противоречия в определении суверенитета и его пространственных пределов в условиях развития современных технологий; способствуют выработке дисциплинарного стандарта киберсуверенитета на основе надежного демаркатора, необходимого для определения государственного суверенитета и границ в киберпространстве; адаптируют традиционные юридические понятия суверенитета и национальных интересов к глобальным современным кибервызовам; способствуют трансформации традиционных правовых институтов и норм в области суверенитета и границ в условиях киберпространства.

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