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SoSe 22: Law, Internet, and Technology

Amy Lai

Hinweise für Studierende

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Course Content

This course will explore the laws governing and/or related to the Internet and various forms of technology and spans numerous interrelated topics such as free speech, privacy, reproductive technologies and other medical and technological “wonders.”

While the course will draw extensively upon Anglo-American scholarship, legal texts, and case studies, it will also introduce different philosophical foundations of free speech and other relevant concepts as various as privacy, property, and personhood, with the goal of providing conceptual tools for students to examine the laws and case studies in their home jurisdictions.

Course Structure

Part I: Freedom of Expression on the Internet and via Other Technologies
Introduction and Philosophical Foundations of Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression on Social Media
The Right to Be Forgotten
The Right to Parody
Defamation and Forum Shopping
Criminal Prosecution of Internet-Related (Primarily Speech) Crimes

Part II: Medical and Technological Advancements and “Wonders”
Stem Cell Research and Reproductive Technologies
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Savior Siblings
Robots
Clones

Learning Outcomes

students with deepen their understanding of laws related to and/or governing the Internet and various forms of technology and the interrelations between these areas of law
students will appreciate the role of conceptual and theoretical tools in examining legal texts and cases
students will be able to intelligently articulate perspectives and arguments on complex Internet and technology-related legal problems

Reading Materials

judicial opinions, constitutions, statutes, journal articles, news articles, videos, and occasionally, even excerpts of novels

Course Registration:

Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

Exam:

There will be a written final examination.

Frequency:

The course will be held in this summer semester. Schließen

14 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 12:00 - 14:00 14 Termine

Mi, 20.04.2022 12:00 - 14:00

Dozenten:
Dr. Tak Yee Amy Lai