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Books
1. Internet Child Pornography and the Law: National and International Responses, Ashgate, May 2008 (ISBN-13 978-0-7546-2297-0.

2. Internet Governance: Towards the modernization of policy making process in Turkey, Turkish Informatics Society, Istanbul: Papatya Yayincilik, September 2003, ISBN 975-6797-44-4 (both in English and Turkish). Published also by Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, 2004.

3. Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Harlow: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000 (ISBN: 0582356563).

4. Sex on the Net? The Dilemma of Policing Cyberspace, Reading: South Street Press, 1999.

Reports
1. Akdeniz, Y., Stocktaking on efforts to combat Racism on the Internet, background report for the High Level Seminar on Racism and the Internet, Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Fourth session, Geneva, 16-27 January 2006, E/CN.4/2006/WG.21/BP.1, published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Office: Geneva, January 2006, 45pp.

2. Akdeniz, Y., An Advocacy Handbook for the Non Governmental Organisations: The Council of Europe’s Cyber-Crime Convention 2001 and the additional protocol on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, December 2003 (revised and updated in May 2008).

Chapters in Books
1. “Governance of Hate Speech on the Internet,” in Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Governing the Internet: Freedom and Regulation in the OSCE Region, Vienna, Austria, 2007 (ISBN 3-9501955-4-8), pp 91-118.
2. “Who Watches the Watchmen? The Role of Filtering Software in Internet Content Regulation,” in Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (“OSCE”) Representative on Freedom of the Media eds, The Media Freedom Internet Cookbook, Vienna: Austria, 2004, pp 101-125.
3. “CyberCrime,” chapter in Stokes, S., & Carolina, R., eds., E-Commerce Law and Regulation Encyclopedia, Sweet & Maxwell, December 2003, pp 15-1 - 15-64 (revised in January 2007, 64 pages).
4. Computer Crime, chapter in Saxby, S. eds., Encyclopedia of Information Technology, Sweet & Maxwell, chapter 12, 2007.
5. “Internet Governance, and Freedom in Turkey,” in Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (“OSCE”) Representative on Freedom of the Media eds, Spreading the Word on the Internet: 16 answers to 4 questions, Reflections on Freedom of the Media and the Internet, pp 29-43, Vienna, Austria, 2003.
6. Akdeniz, Y., & Bell, J., “La vie privée et l’Internet: Perspectives du Royaume-Uni,” in Tabatoni, P. (ed), La protection de la vie privée dans la société d’information: Tomes 3, 4 et 5 : L’impact des systèmes électroniques d’information, Paris: Presses Universitaries de France, 2002, pp 151-160.
7. “Cyberspace,” “Online Service Providers as Censors,” “Yasar Kemal,” and the “Global Internet Liberty Campaign,” entries in Derek Jones eds. Censorship: An International Encyclopaedia, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2002.
8. Akdeniz, Y., “Controlling Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet,” in Wall, D.S. (eds) Crime and the Internet, London: Routledge, November 2001, pp 113-140.
9. Akdeniz, Y., & Strossen, N., “Sexually Oriented Expression,” in Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, pp 207-231.
10. Akdeniz, Y., & Rogers, W.R.H., “Defamation on the Internet,” in Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, pp 294-317.
11. Akdeniz, Y., “Child Pornography,” in Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, 231-249.
12. Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., “Whisper Who Dares: Encryption, privacy rights and the new world order,” in Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, 317-349.
13. Walker, C., Wall, D., Akdeniz, Y., The Internet, law, and Society, in Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., &, Wall, D., (eds), The Internet, Law and Society, Addison Wesley Longman, 2000, 3-25.
14. Akdeniz, Y., “Policing the Internet: Regulation and censorship,” chapter in Gibson, R, & Ward, S., (eds), Reinvigorating Democracy? British Politics and the Internet, Ashgate, 2000, 169-188.
15. “Multi-Layered Governance of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Internet,” (in Japanese), in The World Trend in the Cyberspace Law, Special Series on Hogaku-seminar 1998-1999, Nihon-Hyoron-Sha publishers, Tokyo, Japan, 2000.
16. “Who Watches the Watchmen: Internet Content Rating Systems, and Privatised Censorship,” in eds EPIC, Filters and Freedom - Free Speech Perspectives on Internet Content Controls, Washington DC: Electronic Privacy Information Center, 1999.
17. Bowden, C., & Akdeniz, Y., “Cryptography and Democracy: Dilemmas of Freedom,” in Liberty eds., Liberating Cyberspace: Civil Liberties, Human Rights, and the Internet, London: Pluto Press, 1999, 81-125.
18. “Governance of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Global Internet: A Multi-Layered Approach,” in eds Edwards, L., and Waelde, C., Law and the Internet: Regulating Cyberspace, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 1997, 223-241.

Articles in Refereed Journals
1. Akdeniz, Y., “Governing Racist Content on the Internet: National and International Responses,” (2007) University of New Brunswick Law Journal (Canada), Vol. 56, Spring, 103-161. (Available upon request via email)
2. Akdeniz, Y., “Possession and dispossession: A critical assessment of defences in possession of indecent photographs of children cases,” [2007] Criminal Law Review, (April), 274-288. (Available upon request via email)
3. Walker, C., & Akdeniz, Y., “Anti-Terrorism laws and data retention: war is over?” (2003) Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 54(2), Summer, 159-182.
4. Akdeniz, Y., Anonymity, Democracy, and Cyberspace, Social Research, (2002) 69(1), Spring, pp 180-194.
5. Akdeniz, Y., “Governing pornography and child pornography on the Internet: The UK Approach,” in Cyber-Rights, Protection, and Markets: A Symposium, (2001) 32 U. West. L.A. L. Rev. 247-275.
6. Akdeniz, Y., “UK Government and the Control of Internet Content,” (2001) The Computer Law and Security Report 17(5), pp 303-318.
7. Akdeniz, Y.; Taylor, N.; Walker, C., Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (1): Bigbrother.gov.uk: State surveillance in the age of information and rights, [2001] Criminal Law Review, (February), pp. 73-90.
8. “New Privacy Concerns: ISPs, Crime prevention, and Consumers’ Rights,” [2000] International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, 14 (1), 55-61.
9. “The Regulation of Internet Content in Europe: Governmental Control vs. Self-Responsibility,” (1999) Swiss Political Science Review, 5(2), 123-131, at <http://www.ib.ethz.ch/spsr/debates/debat_net/art-2-2.html>.
10. Walker, C., & Akdeniz, Y., “The governance of the Internet in Europe with special reference to illegal and harmful content,” [1998] Criminal Law Review, December Special Edition: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet, pp 5-19.
11. Ellison, L., & Akdeniz, Y., “Cyber-stalking: the Regulation of Harassment on the Internet,” [1998] Criminal Law Review, December Special Edition: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet, pp 29-48.
12. Walker, C., & Akdeniz, Y., “Virtual Democracy,” [1998] Public Law 489-506.
13. Akdeniz, Y., & Walker, C., “UK Government Policy on Encryption: Trust is the Key?” (1998) Journal of Civil Liberties 3(2), 110-116.
14. “Who Watches the Watchmen: Internet Content Rating Systems, and Privatised Censorship,” (1998) The Australian Library Journal 47 (1), February.
15. “The European Union and illegal and harmful content on the Internet,” (1998) Journal of Civil Liberties 3(1), March, 31-36.
16. “No Chance for Key Recovery: Encryption and International Principles of Human and Political Rights,” (1998) Web Journal of Current Legal Issues 1.
17. Akdeniz Y et al, “Cryptography and Liberty: Can the Trusted Third Parties be Trusted? A Critique of the Recent UK Proposals,” 1997 (2) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT).
18. “To Link or Not to Link: Problems with World Wide Web Links on the Internet,” [1997] Int. Review of Law, Computers and Technology 11 (2) 281-299.
19. “The Regulation of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Internet,” 1997 (1) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT).
20. “UK Government Encryption Policy,” [1997] Web Journal of Current Legal Issues 1 (February). See <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nlawwww/1997/issue1/akdeniz1.html>.
21. “Computer Pornography: A Comparative Study of the US and UK Obscenity Laws and Child Pornography Laws in Relation to the Internet,” [1996] International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 10 (2), 235-261.

Articles in Non Refereed Journals
1. Case Report: Court of Appeal Clarifies the Law on Downloading Child Pornography from the Web, (2002) Computer Law & Security Report, 18(6), pp 433-435.
2. Akdeniz, Y., Case Review: League Against Racism and Antisemitism (LICRA), French Union of Jewish Students, v Yahoo! Inc. (USA), Yahoo France, [2001] Electronic Business Law Reports, 1(3) 110-120.
3. Contributed to EPIC, Privacy and Human Rights 2000: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Practice, Washington DC: EPIC, 2000.
4. “Anonymous Now,” Index on Censorship, The Privacy Issue, 2000 (3), June, pp 57-62.
5. “The case for free speech,” The Guardian, (Online Section), 27 April, 2000.
6. Contributed to EPIC, Cryptography and Liberty 2000: An International Survey of Encryption Policy, Washington DC: EPIC, 2000.
7. Case Analysis: Laurence Godfrey v. Demon Internet Limited, (1999) Journal of Civil Liberties, 4(2), 260-267.
8. Akdeniz, Y., Bohm, N., & Walker, C., “Internet Privacy: Cyber-Crimes vs Cyber-Rights,” (1999) Computers & Law, (10) 1, April/May, 34-39.
9. Contributed to EPIC, Cryptography and Liberty 1999: An International Survey of Encryption Policy, Washington DC: EPIC, 1999.
10. Akdeniz, Y., Bohm, N., & Walker, C., “Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) Response to the March 1999 DTI Paper: Building Confidence in Electronic Commerce - A Consultation Document,” (1999) The Source Public Management Journal, 22 April, at <http://www.thesourcepublishing.co.uk/articles/a00227.html>.
11. Akdeniz, Y, & Bohm, N, “Internet Privacy: New Concerns about Cyber-Crime and the Rule of Law,” (1999) Information Technology & Communications Law Journal (5) 20-24.
12. Contributed to EPIC, Privacy and Human Rights: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Practice, Washington DC: EPIC, 1998.
13. Walker, C., & Akdeniz, Y., “UK Law Online: the legal system on the Internet,” Amicus Curiae 1998, 11(Oct), 6-7.
14. “Child Pornography on the Internet,” [1998] New Law Journal 148 (6833), 451-452.
15. “Copyright and World Wide Web Links,” (1998) Information Technology & Communications Law Journal (1) 29-32.
16. “The battle for the Communications Decency Act 1996 is over,” [1997] New Law Journal 147 (6799), page 1003.
17. “Copyright and the Internet,” [1997] New Law Journal 147 (6798), pages 965, 966.
18. “Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties’ Response to the DTI Consultation Paper,” Comment, 1997 (2) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT).
19. “Section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990: an Antidote for Computer Viruses!” [1996] 3 Web Journal of Current Legal Issues.
20. Akdeniz, Y., “Irish group advises self-regulation to combat Net abuses,” Freedom Forum, July 14, 1998.
21. Akdeniz, Y., “Turkish teen convicted for Web postings,” Freedom Forum, June 8, 1998.
22. Akdeniz, Y., “What is wrong with Internet Rating Systems and Filtering Software,” (1998) The Chronicle - changing Black Britain, June, at <http://www.thechronicle.demon.co.uk/tomsite/filter.htm>.
23. Akdeniz, Y., “UK Encryption Wars,” Wired News, May 25, 1998.
24. Akdeniz, Y., “The European Union’s Approach to Governing Illegal and Harmful Content on the Internet,” (1998) The CPSR Newsletter, 16(2), Spring, 12-14.

Governmental Submissions:
1. Response to the Home Office Consultation Paper on Possession Of Non-Photographic Visual Depictions of Child Sexual Abuse, June 2007.
2. Response to the Home Office Consultation Paper on Investigation of Protected Electronic Information, August 2006.
3. Response to the Home Office Consultation Paper on Possession of Extreme Pornographic Material, December 2005.
4. Modern Internet Governance, chapter for the Second Informatics Congress Law Report, (http://www.bilisimsurasi.org.tr/) Ankara, Turkey, May, 2004.
5. CR&CL(UK) Statement for the European Parliament, Temporary Committee on the ECHELON interception system, meeting of Thursday, 22 March, 2001, Brussels.
6. CR&CL(UK) submission to the Cabinet Office, Better Regulation Task Force, Inquiry into Regulating Cyberspace: Better Regulation for e-commerce, October 2000.
7. CR&CL(UK) submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union by Sub-Committee B (Energy, Industry and Transport) on e-Commerce: Policy Development and Co-ordination in the European Union, May 2000. This submission was published in House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, Fourteenth Report, E-Commerce: Policy Development and Co-ordination in the EU, HL Paper 95-I, August 2000.
8. CR&CL(UK) Briefing for the House of Commons, Second Reading Debate of the “Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill”, 6 March, 2000.
9. CR&CL(UK) Memorandum for the Internet Content Summit 1999, 9 September, 1999.
10. Akdeniz, Y., Bohm, N., Walker, C., “Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) Response to the March 1999 DTI Paper: Building Confidence in Electronic Commerce - A Consultation Document,” 1 April, 1999.
11. Memorandum by the Members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign to the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee on Electronic Commerce Inquiry, February 1999.
12. CR&CL(UK) response in relation to the DTI, Promoting Electronic Commerce: Consultation on Draft Legislation and the Government’s Response to the Trade and Industry Committee’s Report, CM 4477, October 1999.
13. Akdeniz, Y., Bohm, N., Walker, C., “Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) Memorandum,” to the House of Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee on Electronic Commerce Inquiry, February 1999. This submission was published in House of Commons Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Report on Building Confidence in Electronic Commerce (1998-99 HC 187).
14. CR&CL(UK), “Who Watches the Watchmen: Part III - ISP Capabilities for the Provision of Personal Information to the Police,” February 1999, (with Nicholas Bohm).
15. Global Internet Liberty Campaign Member Statement, “The US Child Online Protection Act (‘CDAII’) Criticised,” October 1998, (with David Sobel, EPIC).
16. CR&CL(UK) Report: “Who Watches the Watchmen: Part II - Accountability & Effective Self-Regulation in the Information Age,” September 1998.
17. Global Internet Liberty Campaign Member Statement, “New UK Encryption Policy criticised, February 1998.”
18. CR&CL(UK) Report, “Who Watches the Watchmen: Internet Content Rating Systems, and Privatised Censorship,” November 1997.
19. Global Internet Liberty Campaign Submission on illegal and harmful content to the Irish Minister for Justice, July 1997.
20. Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) (“CR&CL(UK)”) Report on UK Encryption Policy: “A Reply to the DTI Public Consultation Paper on Licensing of Trusted Third Parties For the Provision of Encryption Services,” May 1997.
21. Written submission to the European Commission on its October 1996 Green Paper on the Protection of Minors and Human Dignity in Audiovisual and Information Services, February 1997.