Online Regulation and E-Commerce (Internet Law A)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| LAWW3140 | Law | 3 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- LAWW3140
- School
- Law
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
The module introduces students to the laws and regulations that apply to online settings and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in general. While focussing primarily on the UK legal perspective, it develops also a comparative legal approach, in view of the cross-border performance of its subject matter.
Target Students
Year 2 and final year students on the LLB and BA Law programmes and exchange students in Law.
Classes
This module is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: 12 pages
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students with a broad and contextual introduction to the principles and concepts of law relating to information and network technologies. Its objectives include facilitating a general understanding of domestic, European and international legal approaches to the regulation of relations between users of ICTs, intermediaries, information society businesses and states; highlighting the specificities of e-commerce and regulatory responses vis-à-vis ‘traditional’ commercial transactions; outlining basic legal responses to online issues of defamation, data protection and media content generation; and exploring the regulation of emerging technologies.Learning Outcomes
Students will develop detailed knowledge of theories and legal principles in relation to information technology and to user and business participation in the information society.
They will demonstrate awareness of intersecting regimes of Internet regulation, as well as understanding of the different rules governing online engagement, including the operation of e-commerce.
Students will develop critical responses to existing technology-related regulatory practices by evaluating policy developments in relation to online services and aspects of e-commerce;
- by analysing the role and function of law with regard to current legal problems within digital economies and in the field of information technology;
- and by synthesising knowledge to argue creatively about approaches to how emerging technologies ought to be regulated.
Students will develop practical skills towards engaging confidently with creating solutions to complex problems of online regulation and e-commerce as might be encountered in real life and in response to client requests.
Students will develop written communication and research skills, being able to identify and retrieve legal and other supporting material to construct a reasoned critical argument in writing, supported by appropriate sources and authorities.