Browse Hierarchy LAW6012: Computer Law and Intellectual Property

As social and business activities become increasingly dependent by digital technologies basic understanding of these technologies and of the regulatory challenges they present is of key importance to the lawyer seeking to critically engage with the information society. This module aims to provide students with a critical awareness of the legal implications of the emergent Internet technologies and associated hardware, and to encourage students to evaluate and analyse the regulatory systems employed in terms of their wider social implications. There is a particular emphasis in this module on how digital technologies have challenged copyright law giving the course a firm grounding in the academically rigorous discipline of intellectual property. The module is taught by a combination of lectures and seminars, and assessed by coursework.