The Concept of Lawful Behavior in the Digital Age

Abstract

The global situation with cybercrime is worsening. The study aims to investigate the concept of lawful behavior in the context of challenges facing the IT sector and from the perspective of previous and modern theoretical and legal views concerning the formation of lawful behavior. The paper outlines factors that shape the lawful behavior of digital natives. The results of the literature review suggest that a digital shift of legal relations objectively reduces the role of the socio-hierarchical factor in the formation of lawful behavior. This research is of practical interest to specialists in legal and sociological fields.

Keywords:

• Anonymity
• legal consciousness
• legal culture
• cybercrime
• Digital Age
• legal liability

Disclosure statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Data availability statement

Data will be available on request.

Additional information

Funding

Roza Zhamiyeva was supported with the state grant of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the holder of the title “The best teacher of the university—2020.”