A Study of Cyberspace Crime and Its Legal Sanctions

In recent years, the increasing number of cases of cyberspace crime have alerted lawmakers, legal experts and scholars all over the world. Legal sanctions against cases of cyberspace crime have become one of the important issues in legislation. In China, it is also of primary importance to have a complete cyberspace legislation including both civil and criminal laws. With numerous empirical case studies at hand, the paper is to start with the account of the unique features characteristic of the cases of cyberspace crime and then move on to compare and analyze how other countries make and enforce the law, thereby maintaining the status of information safety. The current laws and regulations related to the cases of cyberspace crime are primarily administrative and procedural ones in China. The brief description of related laws and statutes under the rubric of Chinese Criminal Law is far from complete in dealing with the largescale cases of cyberspace crime. It is crucial to cooperate with law enforcement officials in developed and developing countries, while coordinating effectively with local enterprises, government and social agencies, with a view to establishing a wideranging legal framework to protect cyberspace information safety.