30405 - FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW
Course offered to incoming exchange students
Department of Law
GIANCARLO RANDO
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Introduction to the relevant legal systems
- Constitutions in cyberspace
- Freedom of expression in the digital age: a comparative overview
- The legal regime of Internet service providers
- Privacy and data protection
- The legal impact of disruptive technologies: AI and Blockchain
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Deal with the main issues regarding Internet regulation and the protection of fundamental rights in the digital era.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Assessing the increasing or decreasing of protection of the fundamental rights at stake depending on the judicial balancing between contrasting values.
Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures
- Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
- Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
- Group assignments
DETAILS
- Guest speakers’ talks include lectures given by experts and professionals working in the IT industry.
- Case studies are discussed in order to introduce the subject of the relevant lectures or comment on the relevant legal and policy developments.
- Group assignments consist of presentations given by students on selected cases
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
I) Attending Students:
- Students’ Seminar (up to 5/31)
Each group member will receive a grade that equally takes into account the following criteria:
o Individual classroom presentation – 2 points;
o Contribution to the group (self-assessment completed by you): you are asked to assess your contribution and that of your fellow group members. A form to be filled out will be circulated on the last day of class – 2 points;
o Overall presentation (materials used, coherence and clarity of presentation, logicality, completeness) – 1 point.
· Mid-term Exam (up to 10/31)
The mid-term exam (50 mins) will cover only the topics analyzed in Module 1 and Module 2:
· 6 true/false questions (0.5 pt/each)
· 4 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)
· 1 essay question (5 pt)
· Final exam (UP TO 16/31)
The final exam (60 minutes) will cover only the topics analyzed in Module 3 and Module 4.
· 6 true/false questions (0.5 pt/each)
· 6 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)
· 2 essay question (5 pt)
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
II) Non-Attending Students:
· Written exam (31/31)
The final written exam for non-attending students (60 minutes) will consist of:
· 6 true/false questions (0,5 pt/each)
· 6 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)
· 3 short questions (5 pt)
· 1 essay question (10 pt)
Teaching materials
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Attending Students:
Students will be examined on the following materials:
· O. Pollicino, M. Bassini, G. De Gregorio, Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights, Bocconi University Press, 2022 (selected chapters).
· Slides and class notes.
NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Non-Attending Students:
Students will be examined on the following materials:
· O. Pollicino, M. Bassini, G. De Gregorio, Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights, Bocconi University Press, 2022.
· G.F. Ferrari (ed.), Introduction to Italian Public Law, 3rd ed., Giuffrè, 2022: only Chapter 1 (“Characteristics of the State”); Chapter 3 (“Forms of State and Forms of Government”); Chapter 13 (“European Sources of Law and Their Relationship with Domestic Sources of Law”); and Chapter 14 (“Fundamental rights and freedoms”).
· Slides
· Selected readings (book chapters, blog entries) and cases made available on Blackboard