Undergraduate Course: Information Technology and Law (LAWS10071)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course has two parts. The first part is concerned with the substantive legal issues associated with software, hardware, the computer industry and the Internet. Particular topics of current interest will be selected for in depth analysis, drawn from areas such as computers and intellectual property rights, electronic contracting, free speech on the Internet and privacy rights in relation to electronic information. The second part of the course deals with how computer technology can support and assist the legal process, lawyers, judges and the public seeking legal advice. Students will emerge with both theoretical knowledge and the practical ability to build a legal knowledge based system. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The objectives of the course are to enable students
(a) to understand and deal with the legal issues associated with software, hardware, the computer industry, convergence and the Internet;
(b) to understand what part markets, community norms, and computer technology play in regulating the Internet as well as law;
(c) to understand how the law can and cannot regulate a trans-national medium;
(d) to think about the needs placed on law both by commerce and consumers, citizens and states in establishing the rules to guide private and public transactions on the Internet; and
(e) to observe how fundamental rights and freedoms operate in the new environment of cyberspace.
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Assessment Information
| Essay (30%) and exam (70%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Judith Rauhofer
Tel: (0131 6)50 2008
Email: Judith.Rauhofer@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk |
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