LAW & NEW TECHNOLOGIES
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2020/2021
- Teacher
- NICOLA LUCCHI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- INF/01
Training objectives
- Main knowledge acquired: The course aims to examine the legal issues connected to the development of information technology analyzing the implications of these technological developments and their practical application through an interdisciplinary approach. Particular attention will be devoted to recent changes in legislation and case law through the illustration of a number of case studies. Students learn how the existing legal framework can be applied in light of technological developments. Selected cases illustrate how the law attempts to protect society and balance conflicting interests that arise from technological activity.
Main ability acquired: Students will acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to understand problems posed by information technologies. They also will develop skills to identify, assess and resolve legal and regulatory issues arising from relevant scientific and technological developments. Prerequisites
- Students must possess a knowledge of the general principles and the fundamental institutions of private law, European Union law and constitutional law.
Preliminary exams:
1. Constitutional Law
2. Principles of Private Law
3. European Union Law Course programme
- The course aims to analyse how the scientific and technological revolution is profoundly affecting legal systems both on general aspects and on specific legal topics by changing principles, concepts and values of contemporary legal order. In this framework, the course is intended to scrutinize the relationship between science, technology and law through the analysis of the changing nature of the law in the face of emerging challenges in this sector. The objective is - through the analysis of case studies - to understand how these new phenomena can be seen as elements capable of altering the structure of "traditional rights" or may simply require a new perspective in which to view them.
Didactic methods
- The exam consists of an oral exam designed to verify the knowledge and understanding of the different and multi-layered interactions between law and technology.
Learning assessment procedures
- The exam consists of an oral exam designed to verify the knowledge and understanding of the different and multi-layered interactions between law and technology.
Reference texts
- 1. Nicola Lucchi, I contenuti digitali: tecnologie, diritti e libertà, Springer, 2010
2. Additional material distributed in class
