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Seminar: Law and IT
Seminar: Law and IT

1493-9005-01


סמ' א'	1000-1150	'ד	103	טרובוביץ - משפטים	סמינר	פרופ בירנהק מיכאל
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D:\Inetpub\shared\yedion\syllabus\14\2014\1493\1493900501_desc.txt Course description *Seminar: Law and IT – Prof. Michael Birnhack* Credits: 3 What is the relationship between law and information technology (IT)? Does the law lag behind IT? Can the law regulate technology? This seminar will query the complex relationship between law and IT. It is a conceptual seminar, with the intention of providing students with tools to address additional IT Law topics in their individual works. We will encounter several answers to the over-arching question and a few explanatory models. We shall ask not only whether the law can regulate technology, but also how. We will examine various regulatory modalities and legislative techniques. Accordingly, each of the topics we will discuss serves as a case study for one or more strands of the above, broader theoretical themes. During the first meetings, we will sample few topics related to IT Law, such as online speech (shielding children from harmful material; the use of technological filters, the rise of new intermediaries, e.g., search engines), ISP liability, online anonymity, and digital privacy. The remainder of the seminar will be devoted to students’ presentations of their individual research. The purpose of the seminar is to equip students with informed general perspectives about the law/information technology relationship, delve into several topics in the seminar's meetings, and then enable the students to closely study one topic, in their seminar papers. As such, the seminar is also meant to improve academic legal skills. Grade: 20% participation, 80% seminar paper, due July 15, 2015

ש"ס: 3.0

Course description

Seminar: Law and IT – Prof. Michael Birnhack

Credits: 3

What is the relationship between law and information technology (IT)? Does the law lag behind IT? Can the law regulate technology? This seminar will query the complex relationship between law and IT. It is a conceptual seminar, with the intention of providing students with tools to address additional IT Law topics in their individual works. We will encounter several answers to the over-arching question and a few explanatory models. We shall ask not only whether the law can regulate technology, but also how. We will examine various regulatory modalities and legislative techniques. Accordingly, each of the topics we will discuss serves as a case study for one or more strands of the above, broader theoretical themes.

During the first meetings, we will sample few topics related to IT Law, such as online speech (shielding children from harmful material; the use of technological filters, the rise of new intermediaries, e.g., search engines), ISP liability, online anonymity, and digital privacy. The remainder of the seminar will be devoted to students’ presentations of their individual research.

The purpose of the seminar is to equip students with informed general perspectives about the law/information technology relationship, delve into several topics in the seminar's meetings, and then enable the students to closely study one topic, in their seminar papers. As such, the seminar is also meant to improve academic legal skills.

Grade: 20% participation, 80% seminar paper, due July 15, 2015

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