Law in the Digital Age - LAWS3431
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Restricted to students enrolled in Legal Studies. Academic Program must be either 4055 or 3408 or 4054 or 4053
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
- how laws are made, changed, interpreted and enforced, with cybercrime among the examples
- laws governing licensing, ownership and control of telecommunications, radiocommunications and broadcasting enterprises, and whether these laws are appropriate and effective to deal with new technologies and services;
- electronic commerce and what it means for business, consumers and the community;
- restrictions on media and online content, including classification and censorship, and regulation of content; and
- protecting intellectual property and reputation, covering copyright, trademarks, and defamation
- how legal enforcement and regulatory modes change under the impact of the mass personalisation, ubiquitous publishing, Social Networking and User Generated Content features of Web 2.0
- impact of the online giants' cult of "Disruption"/"Forgiveness not Permission" on the rule of law online.
Assessment