SOC022 Introduction to Cyber Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Department of Legal Theory – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: prof. JUDr. Josef Bejček, CSc.
Prerequisites
This course is suitable for students of law. There are no special requirements or prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: - to understand general and special specific features of application of law on information and communication technologies - to critically analzye legal regime of civil responsibility of information intermediaries - to critically analyze collision questions arising with internet - to critically analyze legal regime of recent issues of ICT like multimedia, domain names, software, spamming, personal data, cybercrime etc.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to cyberlaw and ICT law
  • Applicability of law on the internet - collision questions
  • Responsibility of information intermediaries
  • Electronic documents and electronic contracting
  • Domain names and domain disputes
  • Concept of on-line intellectual property and legal regime of open licences
  • Legal protection of software
  • Privacy and personal data on the internet
  • Cybercrime
  • Conclusions, assessment of assignments
Literature
  • veškerá studijní literatura bude studentům poskytnuta prostřednictvím interaktivní osnovy / all readings will be provided within the interactive syllabus
  • POLČÁK, Radim, Zsolt György BALOGH, Michael BOGDAN, Giovanni Maria RICCIO, Dan Jerker B. SVANTESSON and Andreas WIEBE. Introduction to ICT Law (Selected Issues). Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2007, 185 pp. AUBI, řada teoretická, 314. ISBN 978-80-210-4302-2. info
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by an exam that is to be awarded upon the completion of questionnaires in interactive syllabi.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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