The Legal Regulation of Cybercrime in the United States of America Legislation

  • Adrian Cristian MOISE Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Administrative Sciences, Craiova Spiru Haret University, Romania

Abstract

This article presents the main cybercrime legislation in the United States of America law and how the provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime were incorporated into the Federal Criminal Code. It also emphasized that the United States of America legislation includes other offences that are not provided under the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

References

[1] Brenner, S. W. 2001. State Cybercrime Legislation in the United States of America: A Survey, in the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology 28 (Winter 2001), Volume VII, Issue 3. Available at: http://jolt.richmond.edu/v7i3/article2.html#N_0_.
[2] National Governors Association 2015. Permanent Policy. Principles for State-Federal Relations. Available at: https://www.nga.org/cms/policy-positions/executive-committee/principles-for-state-federal-relations.
[3] The Council of Europe 2017. Available at: http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/treaty/185/signatures?p_auth=mcVu3zBg.
*** The Explanatory Report to the Convention on Cybercrime para. 61. Retrieved 14 July 2017 from: https://rm.coe.int/16800cce5b.
*** The Federal Criminal Code.
*** The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
*** Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.
*** Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act.
Published
2018-02-05
How to Cite
MOISE, Adrian Cristian. The Legal Regulation of Cybercrime in the United States of America Legislation. Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics, [S.l.], v. 8, n. 5, p. 1576-1578, feb. 2018. ISSN 2068-696X. Available at: <https://journals.aserspublishing.eu/jarle/article/view/1716>. Date accessed: 18 apr. 2024.