Undergraduate Course: Law in the Digital Economy (LAWS10159)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The purpose of this course is to explore a number of legal issues (and associated cultural and social issues) which are related to the ¿digital economy¿. The first half of the course considers the coherence of the regulatory system (particularly questions of scope and jurisdiction), while the second half explores the substantive law of ¿electronic commerce¿ in more detail (e.g. tax and consumer issues, electronic contracts and signatures, fraud). |
| Course description |
Indicative teaching programme
Introduction
Jurisdiction
Global governance
Convergence
Net neutrality
Ecommerce 1 (contracts & signatures)
Ecommerce 2 (consumers, advertising, taxation)
Cybercrime & fraud
Dispute resolution (focus on ODR)
Emerging issues (e.g. games and virtual worlds)
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 1. Knowledge and Sources of Law:
a) A deeper knowledge of debates on the regulation of the digital economy, including where control is exercised and the role of different institutions (including intergovernmental and international organisations)
b) An advanced understanding of the role of domestic private law and conflicts of laws in the information and communication industries and in relation to online transactions more generally
c) An appreciation of the differences between technology-specific forms of regulation and laws of general application
- 2. Subject-specific Skills:
a) Understanding of law in a transnational context, including the interaction between different legal orders and associated questions of enforcement
b) Analysis of cases and statutes, including in areas where knowledge of the substantive area of law may be low, requiring an appreciation of both the existing principles and the impact (or non-impact) of technological innovation on those principles
c) Drafting of statutes
- 3. General Transferable Intellectual Skills:
a. Use of electronic resources
b. High level of attention to detail, including the use of appropriate language
c. Understanding perspectives on the topics of the course that are offered by scholars in disciplines other than law
- 4. Key Personal Skills:
a. Clear written communication, including explanation of both legal and technical terms
b. Understanding the social and economic position of different individuals and groups
- 5. Subject-specific Legal and Ethical Values:
a. Inequality of bargaining power and how it should be addressed and by whom
b. The vindication of fundamental rights in a context of technological change and rapid economic development
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Law in Digital |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Daithi Mac Sithigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 9510
Email: Daithi.Mac.Sithigh@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk |
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