1st Edition

Legal Responses to Cyberterrorism A Comparative Study between China and the UK

By Xingxing Wei Copyright 2026
304 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an in-depth comparative study of legal responses to cyberterrorism in China and the UK to establish whether the relationship between legal systems and legal responses is necessary or contingent in the case of counter-cyberterrorism. The work maps out and compares the basic distinctive characteristics of the legal systems in the two countries, which are characterised in terms of... Read more

Introduction; 2. Legal systems in China and the UK: ‘Rule by Law’ vs. Rule of Law; 3. Legal Responses to Cyberterrorism in China; 4.Legal Responses to Cyberterrorism in the UK; 5. Legal Responses to Cyberterrorism in China and the UK: A Comparative Analysis; 6. Conclusions.

Biography

Xingxing Wei is an Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Law at Shandong University of Science and Technology in Qingdao, China.

'Distinct concepts of the governance of cyberspace are offered in the East and West. This book draws out their consequences for cyberterrorism risk with a forthright and original survey from which the author draws out valuable and though-provoking insights into overall approaches and notable features.'

Clive Walker, University of Leeds, UK

 

'Wei’s comparative study of legal responses to cyberterrorism in China and the UK advances an important and original thesis in global criminology. It is argued there is significant convergence in responses to cyberterrorism in these formally different legal systems which, in turn, challenges reductive thinking about the law in action.'

Adam Edwards, Cardiff University, UK