Universität Wien

030522 KU Current legal questions on innovation and digitalisation (2020W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 60 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 08.10. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital
  • Thursday 15.10. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital
  • Thursday 29.10. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital
  • Thursday 12.11. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital
  • Thursday 10.12. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital
  • Thursday 14.01. 17:30 - 20:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Along the lines “from research to application” does this course offer students lectures with practical orientation in various current legal aspects of innovation and digitalization. The first two classes are introductory lectures that offer students a “big picture”. After this, six lectures will deal with particular topics in more detail.
Target audience are students in second and third stage of their studies with interest in IT-law or digitalization, especially those students who take part in the election baskets “computers and law” and “technology law”.
The topic of the six lectures are the following:
1. Computational Law – What data can tell us about the law (German)
2. Enforcement of data protection law through competition law? (German)
3. Substantiation of legal requirements – the KORA method by example of security measures in cloud computing (German)
4. Online-Plattforms: Overview over legal challenges (German)
5. Challenging the black box: discrimination, algorithms, liability and data protection (English)
6. Digitalization of official proceedings in the notary: practical examples (German)

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the course and mandatory participation via the Moodle course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

A positive mark on the exam and participation in a sufficient manure.

Examination topics

The content of the presentations are the exam topics.

Reading list

The necessary readings will be provided in the Moodle course. Further readings will be also named in Moodle course.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12