TEM 0025 Law in the Digital Age
TEM 0025 Law in the Digital Age
The course final description wil be ready when programme starts.
This course introduces students to a various set of legal norms which regulate today’s digital world.
The digital realm is an essential part of our everyday lives – and of the global economy. Since the widespread adoption of the Internet in 1990s, the need to regulate certain aspects of digital interactions became apparent. Yet, developing rules which could be universally applied proved to be a challenging task.
Technology is transforming legal profession, from the use of smart contracts to the application of predictive analytics in litigation, bail determinations and sentencing. This course offers students a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory challenges arising from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Further, it provides a deep dive into the world of Legaltech, elucidating how technology is shaping the way legal professionals approach their practice.
After attending the course, the student will have:
- acquired knowledge of regulation of cybersecurity obligations.
- acquired knowledge of regulation of online platforms, including rules on net neutrality, intermediary liability and cross-border content portability.
- a basic understand of core issues concerning AI and GDPR
- a basic understand of core issues concerning AI and Intellectual Property
- acquired knowledge of legal challenges posed by emerging and new technologies
- gained an in-depth understanding of the various technologies that are revolutionizing the legal profession
- gained an understanding of the legal and ethical implications of integrating technology into legal practice.
After attending the courses, the student will have learned how to:
- recognize and analyze legal issues stemming from the use of digital services
- apply legal methodology to recognize problems stemming from use of new technologies
- provide legal advice on digital contracting
- acquire basic proficiency in using Legaltech tools relevant to different legal domains like litigation, contracts, legal research, etc.
After attending the courses, the student will have the following general competence:
- Understand the central regulatory instruments in the digital world.
- Be able to use legal methodology to recognize problems emerging from use of the existing and new technological solution.
- Cultivate a forward-thinking and interdisciplinary mindset, preparing students to be adaptive and integrate tech knowledge with core legal principles
- Develop critical analytical skills to assess the advantages, and limitations of using specific Legaltech solutions.
- Digital contracts
- AI and Intellectual property
- Introduction to GDPR
- Digital platforms. Liability rules and intermediary liability.
- E-Discovery & Predictive Analysis
- Legal implications of the use of Generative AI
A variety of learning methods will be used, from regular lectures to webinars, games, simulations, experiments and discussions of cases and questions on digital platform in class.
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Bachelorgrad som kvalifiserer til opptak til studiet. I tillegg kan kurs i andre, tredje og/eller fjerde semester ha egne forkunnskapskrav og gå ut ifra at studenter har fulgt normal studieplan. For studenter på utveksling eller i gradssamarbeid vil tilsvarende kurs bli godkjent.
Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.