D2PIT05 Theory of law of information and communication technologies II

Faculty of Law
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Institute of Law and Technology – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Jelínková
Prerequisites
This course does not have any prerequisites. General requirement for enrolment to this course is advanced knowledge of legal English incl. specific terminology of legal theory, legal philosophy and ICT law.
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
Upon the completion of this course, students shall be able to:
Understand the information nature of law
Seek and resolve problematic issues of law arising of its information nature
Use cybernetic methods for resolution of practical and theoretical problematic issues in law
Syllabus
  • Law as an information system
  • Cybernetic methods in law
  • Information nature of problematic legal issues
Literature
    required literature
  • SUSSKIND, Richard E. The end of lawyers? : rethinking the nature of legal services. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, xiii, 303. ISBN 9780199541720. info
    not specified
  • ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER, Erwin. What is Life? : The Physical Aspect of Living Cell; Mind and Matter; Autobiographical Sketches (angl.). Foreword to What is Life? 1st printed1992, 8th 2001. Cambridge (U.K.): Cambride University Press, 2001, 184 pp. Canto edition. ISBN 0 521 42708 8. info
  • WIENER, Norbert. Kybernetika, neboli, Řízení a sdělování v živých organismech a strojích. Translated by Otto Hanš - J. Wehle - Zdeněk Wünsch. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1960, 148 s. info
Teaching methods
individual and group tutoring sessions, individual resolution of specific research tasks, colloquial presentation of research results
Assessment methods
Essay resolving assigned scientific issue (50%), colloquial presentation of results of individual research (50%)
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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