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Technology Law - Period 1+2
Social Sciences & Humanities Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: 8/20/22 - 12/24/22
Technology Law - Period 1+2
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Law
Instruction in: English
Course Code: R_ITL
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 6
Contact Hours: 168
DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce students to the major legal issues created by new technologies. It will consider
i.How existing legal frameworks of public, private and economic law apply to new situations created by technology
ii. What kinds of new regulation are necessary as a result of technology
iii. The ways in which law and regulation affect the development of technology, and technology in turn influences law.
Attention will be paid to technologies and problems including:
i. Internet giants, competition, and fake news
ii. Data protection and privacy and the EU data protection regime
iii. New moral challenges raised by technology, such as designer babies, virtual pornography, and human-robot relationships
iv. Autonomous decision-making and algorithms, and questions of liability and discrimination.
v. Labour law and the sharing economy
vi. climate change, ecology and law
vii. blockchain
Themes throughout the course will be whether new technologies require fundamental changes to regulation and organisation of society and the economy, or simply new application of existing principles. Guest speakers will be invited to address specific topics, such as financial technologies and blockchain, historical responses to innovation, competition law and the internet, and others.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
i.How existing legal frameworks of public, private and economic law apply to new situations created by technology
ii. What kinds of new regulation are necessary as a result of technology
iii. The ways in which law and regulation affect the development of technology, and technology in turn influences law.
Attention will be paid to technologies and problems including:
i. Internet giants, competition, and fake news
ii. Data protection and privacy and the EU data protection regime
iii. New moral challenges raised by technology, such as designer babies, virtual pornography, and human-robot relationships
iv. Autonomous decision-making and algorithms, and questions of liability and discrimination.
v. Labour law and the sharing economy
vi. climate change, ecology and law
vii. blockchain
Themes throughout the course will be whether new technologies require fundamental changes to regulation and organisation of society and the economy, or simply new application of existing principles. Guest speakers will be invited to address specific topics, such as financial technologies and blockchain, historical responses to innovation, competition law and the internet, and others.
Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.