Legal Information Technology
A.Y. 2020/2021
Learning objectives
The Course has the specific purpose of giving students:
· a thorough knowledge of the topics covered by the course, both from a technical and legal point of view, on the assumption of the acquisition of the first basic elements during the previous university career;
· the ability to critically address issues and resolve legal issues through the revision of the concepts learned;
· strengthening the technical and IT language relevant to the subject;
· the ability to link the different topics in order to elaborate useful proposals for the solution of concrete cases, also through practical lessons carried out with the active participation of the students.
· a thorough knowledge of the topics covered by the course, both from a technical and legal point of view, on the assumption of the acquisition of the first basic elements during the previous university career;
· the ability to critically address issues and resolve legal issues through the revision of the concepts learned;
· strengthening the technical and IT language relevant to the subject;
· the ability to link the different topics in order to elaborate useful proposals for the solution of concrete cases, also through practical lessons carried out with the active participation of the students.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student who has successfully learned the subject will have an in-depth knowledge of the Course topics, with the acquisition of a reasoning method suitable for dealing with more specific and complex IT-legal topics with respect to institutional notions.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Classes will take place on Microsoft Teams in synchronous mode, at the established times, and will be recorded and available for consultation on the same platform and on the course's ARIEL site. Information on how to access classes on Microsoft Teams and other instructions about the Course will be uploaded to the course's ARIEL site, which is recommended to be consulted regularly.
If the health situation allows it, in compliance with current regulations, lessons can also be held in the classroom (mixed mode); in this case, students will be promptly informed and notified through the course ARIEL website.
In any case, lessons will be recorded and left available to students for the duration of the semester.
Program and reference material
The syllabus and reference materials for the course are unchanged.
Methods of verification of learning and evaluation criteria
The methods of verification of learning and the evaluation criteria will not change.
The exam will be oral on the Microsoft Teams platform. The students who take the class can do a multiple-choice test.
If the health situation allows it, compatibly with the availability of classrooms and the respect of the necessary security conditions, the exam will be held in the classroom.
However, the possibility of conducting the exam remotely will be ensured for students who are in the condition of not being able to move from their place of residence and / or domicile.
More precise indications and updates will be available on the Ariel website of the course, which should be consulted regularly.
If the health situation allows it, in compliance with current regulations, lessons can also be held in the classroom (mixed mode); in this case, students will be promptly informed and notified through the course ARIEL website.
In any case, lessons will be recorded and left available to students for the duration of the semester.
Program and reference material
The syllabus and reference materials for the course are unchanged.
Methods of verification of learning and evaluation criteria
The methods of verification of learning and the evaluation criteria will not change.
The exam will be oral on the Microsoft Teams platform. The students who take the class can do a multiple-choice test.
If the health situation allows it, compatibly with the availability of classrooms and the respect of the necessary security conditions, the exam will be held in the classroom.
However, the possibility of conducting the exam remotely will be ensured for students who are in the condition of not being able to move from their place of residence and / or domicile.
More precise indications and updates will be available on the Ariel website of the course, which should be consulted regularly.
Course syllabus
The aim of the Course is to present students with an approach to the correct use of technology by the jurist, in order to significantly improve their IT-legal skills and to allow independent evaluation procedures, useful for the future professional context. The program will be divided into twenty lessons of two hours each, during which the Professor will explain questions concerning i) data governance, ii) data protection and GDPR, iii) digital public administration, iv) open data, v) electronic voting, vi) digital signature, vii) the PEC, viii) the digital single market and the law, ix) e-commerce, x) the sharing economy, xi) smart contracts, xii) the blockchain, xiii) artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, xiv) machine learning and the use of DLT.
· First lesson (2 hours): legal and IT security: from the Privacy Code to the GDPR.
· Second lesson (2 hours): GDPR and main requirements.
· Third lesson (2 hours): GDPR, risk analysis and safety measures.
· Fourth lesson (2 hours): digital public administration.
· Fifth lesson (2 hours): open data and electronic voting.
· Sixth lesson (2 hours): the digital single market.
· Seventh lesson (2 hours): the sharing economy.
· Eighth lesson (2 hours): the legal issues of e-commerce.
· Ninth lesson (2 hours): the blockchain and distributed records.
· Tenth lesson (2 hours): artificial intelligence and machine learning.
· Eleventh lesson (2 hours): digital identity and "electronic body".
· Twelfth lesson (2 hours): profiling and reputation.
· Thirteenth lesson (2 hours): right to oblivion and right to be forgotten.
· Fourteenth lesson (2 hours): the death of the user and the relationship between mourning and the digital world.
· Fifteenth lesson (2 hours): digital domicile and PEC.
· Sixteenth lesson (2 hours): electronic invoicing.
· Seventeenth lesson (2 hours): legal aspects of the sharing economy.
· Eighteenth lesson (2 hours): platform responsibility for contents.
· Nineteenth lesson (2 hours): advanced technology experiments in the legal professions and legal tech.
· Twentieth lesson (2 hours): the use of DLT in the public and in the private sector.
· First lesson (2 hours): legal and IT security: from the Privacy Code to the GDPR.
· Second lesson (2 hours): GDPR and main requirements.
· Third lesson (2 hours): GDPR, risk analysis and safety measures.
· Fourth lesson (2 hours): digital public administration.
· Fifth lesson (2 hours): open data and electronic voting.
· Sixth lesson (2 hours): the digital single market.
· Seventh lesson (2 hours): the sharing economy.
· Eighth lesson (2 hours): the legal issues of e-commerce.
· Ninth lesson (2 hours): the blockchain and distributed records.
· Tenth lesson (2 hours): artificial intelligence and machine learning.
· Eleventh lesson (2 hours): digital identity and "electronic body".
· Twelfth lesson (2 hours): profiling and reputation.
· Thirteenth lesson (2 hours): right to oblivion and right to be forgotten.
· Fourteenth lesson (2 hours): the death of the user and the relationship between mourning and the digital world.
· Fifteenth lesson (2 hours): digital domicile and PEC.
· Sixteenth lesson (2 hours): electronic invoicing.
· Seventeenth lesson (2 hours): legal aspects of the sharing economy.
· Eighteenth lesson (2 hours): platform responsibility for contents.
· Nineteenth lesson (2 hours): advanced technology experiments in the legal professions and legal tech.
· Twentieth lesson (2 hours): the use of DLT in the public and in the private sector.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no particular pre-requisites for adequately addressing the contents of the course. The first lessons are, in fact, dedicated to an introduction to the themes that can guarantee a basic preparation for the whole class.
Teaching methods
The Course consists of 40 hours of classroom lessons (or online lessons) held by the Professor.
Teaching Resources
P. Perri, G. Ziccardi (edited by), Tecnologia e diritto. Legal Informatics, Volume II (2019), Giuffrè, Milan, 2019.
The text will be studied in full.
The text will be studied in full.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final exam takes place orally in the exam session, with a question consisting of at least three questions on three different parts of the program. At the end of the course, it is possibile for the student who attended at least 75% of the lesson hours to have the exam in the form of an essay or a Multiple Choice test with 30 multiple choice questions, depending on the student's preferences
Professor(s)
Reception:
thursday 10:30 - 11:30 (send an email to [email protected])
Dipartimento "Cesare Beccaria"