Law and Technology Intensive Course
Objectives
The aim of this introductory course of the Master´s is to provide students with multidisciplinary knowledge and understanding about the most relevant legal challenges of emerging technologies and the digital economy at European level. The students via seminar-style classes are becoming familiar with the recent legal literature, and regulatory and policy initiatives
General characterization
Code
33302
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Iakovina Kindylidi
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 168
Teaching language
Available soon
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Available soon
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical lectures and seminars.
Evaluation method
During the course, you can perform several tasks that, if fully completed, lead to a grade that allows you not to take the final exam, if you want. You have the right to take the final exam, and then your final grade will be the highest between the grade of the continuous evaluation and the final exam.
The continuous evaluations is composed of a group assignment and an individual assignment.
Group assignment and class participation (including online activities) counts 50%
Individual assignment counts 50%
Students with exceptional in-class and online participation will receive up to 1 (one) extra point.
Rules on the group assignment
Groups are composed of 4-5 members.
The group has to:
1 choose a sci-fi story (movie, series, novel, etc)
2 instruct ChatGPT to discuss in 800 words how the technology described there has had both positive and negative impacts on the society described in the story, paying particular attention to the ways in which the legal system has changed to adapt to this new technology
3 critically review the text written by ChatGPT
Give clear references to the story you are discussing so that we can check. Example: an underlying theme in Minority Report is the use of punishment based on the prediction of crimes that have yet to take place. This can be seen already at the beginning of the movie (minutes 5:14-9:37).
The submitted work is the one described under point 3, together with a link to the prompt and the text generated by ChatGPT. The length of the text described in point 3 is about 2000 words, bibliography excluded and footnotes included.
The grade is collective.
Two groups cannot choose the same story. Groups can be registered and story can be booked via a link that will be provided to you in due course.
The deadline is in November, date tbc.
The group assignments will have to be uploaded on Moodle by one group member only by the deadline and must include the names and student number of all the group members.
Rules on the participation
Active class participation can take several forms. At its core, it means to do the readings and come to class ready to engage in class- and group-discussions. An important and relatively new way to participate is using the forum available on Moodle.
Rules on the individual assignment
The individual assignment consists in choosing a specific technological application discussed in a tech blog or podcast and either perform a risk assessment thereof or reflect on how technology can be used to resolve a specific legal.
The deadline is in December, date tbc.
The assignment has to be written following the drafting Guidelines of WhatNext.Law for the Insights
Subject matter
1. Introduction and general topics
2. New wine in old bottles
3. Legal impact assessment of technologies
4. AI and Law: legal challenges
5. AI Act
6. AI & IP
7. Blockchain, Smart contracts
8. NFTs, metaverse and the future of Web3
9. Digital Services Act
10. Attention Economy, Internet of Behaviours, and the Law
11. Tech and Competition
12. LegalTech
13. Data Economy