Unit name | Information Technology Law |
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Unit code | LAWD30003 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Charlesworth |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will examine the law and policy issues relating to a number of key aspects of the information society. It will begin by considering the debate about the nature of the influence of information technology upon the development of new legal doctrine, moving on to consider - through topics such as data protection and freedom of information, computer misuse and computer evidence, copyright and digital rights management, criminal content liability and defamation, and e-commerce - both how the law has responded to the challenges of information technologies and the extent to which legal issues have shaped the development of information society policy.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
23 lectures and 7 tutorials
Formative: students are required to submit one formative essay.
Summative: 2 x 2000 word summative essays each comprising 50% of the unit assessment.
The assessment essays provide a means of assessing:
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Lessig, L. Code: and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Basic Books, 2000
Rowland, D., Kohl, U. & Charlesworth A. Information Technology Law, (4th ed.) Routledge, 2011;
Lloyd, I. Information Technology Law (7th ed.), OUP, 2014;
Murray, A. Information Technology Law (2nd ed.) OUP, 2013.