The course aims at offering to the students an introduction to legal informatics: to its technical background, to its theory, history and perspectives, and to its relationship with "positive law". The goal is stressing the role of ICT in the education of lawyers intended to operate in contemporary world.
Students attending the course may use their notes from the lectures together with the reading materials to be distributed during the course. Th. Casadei, S. Pietropaoli (a cura di), Diritto e tecnologie informatiche. Questioni di informatica giuridica, prospettive istituzionali e sfide sociali
Learning Objectives
Knowledge Basic computer skills. Knowledge of the main tools of legal information. Knowledge of fundamentals of legal informatics and ICT law. Abilities Skills in choosing the tools to carry out the legal professions and their management. Basic training in the management of traditional and digital legal resources. Results to be obtained High degree of competence in solving practical problems, using the knowledge and skills acquired in legal informatics. Attitude to the searching of jurisprudence, legislation and case law, through the consultation of traditional and online archives and databases.
Prerequisites
No
Teaching Methods
The course will consist of 48 hours of lectures with plenty of opportunities for training in class. Power point presentations and other materials handed out during the lessons, will be available
Type of Assessment
For all students, attending and non-attending, the final exams will be held in oral.
Course program
The lessons will focus on the following topics: digital citizenship, network access and net neutrality; public administration and digital rights; personal data protection, digital identity and right to be forgotten; eHealth; electronic democracy; electronic signature and smart contract; remote work; electronic justice; copyright and copyleft; cybersecurity; computer forensics; computer crimes and the phenomena of cyberstalking, cyberbullying and revenge porn; cryptoactivity and blockchain: Criminal and tax profiles; cybertechnology and international law issues; digital surveillance; hate speech; digital divide; AI and law; digital death; problems of technoregulation.