Terrorism and the internet: New threats posed by cyberterrorism and terrorist use of the internet

A War on Terror?: The European Stance on a New Threat, Changing Laws and Human Rights Implications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 51-78

  Brunst, Phillip W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW   (Germany)

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EID: 84885704170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89291-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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