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040284 UK Legal Issues of Electronic Commerce (2025S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Diese Lehrveranstaltung ist strikt für Studierende der SPL 4 kontingentiert.
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Studierende der Warteliste können nur nach Maßgabe freier Plätze in den Kurs aufgenommen werden.
Fr 07.03. 08:00-13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

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. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Hinweis: Die oben angeführten Termin beziehen sich auf die Reservierung der Hörsäle. Tatsächlich finden die Lehrveranstaltungen und Klausuren zu folgenden Terminen statt:

Lehrveranstaltungstermine:
Jeweils 08:15 bis 13:00 Uhr

Klausurtermine:
11.04.2025, 08:15-09:15 Uhr, HS 14
09.05.2025, 08:15-09:15 Uhr, HS 6

Klausurbesprechungstermin 13.06.2025:
8:15 Uhr (pünktlich)

  • Friday 14.03. 08:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 21.03. 08:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 04.04. 08:00 - 13:00 Hörsaal 15 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 11.04. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 14 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Friday 09.05. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Friday 13.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Seminarraum 13 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Content:
General: Legal basics in the field of e-commerce; economic and social connections;
Inclusion of legal issues in cross-border business transactions on the Internet.
In particular:
Contract law on the internet; consumer protection in distance contracts; financial services on the internet; information duties; liability for information on the net; unsolicited messages; provider liability; domain law; legal issues of online marketing; signature law; blockchain and smart contracts; dispute resolution in case of a (cross-border) legal dispute; current legal issues and socio-political developments in e-commerce.
After completing the course, students will be able to recognise basic legal problems associated with the commercial use of the Internet and independently assess simple legal issues.
Furthermore, they know the most important legal provisions for electronic legal transactions and their systematic interplay; they understand the technical, political and economic basics of electronic legal transactions; they are able to solve practical cases with relevant legal problems.
Lecture by the course instructor; discussions on topics to be prepared.
Methods:
Lecture, slides, script

Assessment and permitted materials

Performance assessment/evaluation is based on a short test (10% = 8 points) during the course and two written exams in German (45% = 36 points each, duration of each exam: 60 minutes) at the end of the course. Up to 6 additional points can be earned by participating in the discussion rounds at the end of the 2nd to 4th course unit. A maximum of 80 points (86 with the additional points) will be awarded.
Unannotated legal texts and non-electronic dictionaries may be used in the written examinations.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In principle, attendance is compulsory at all times. Students may be exempted from compulsory attendance for a total of one unit for an important reason. Attendance is compulsory in the first unit without exception. Students who do not attend will be deregistered from the course unless there is an important, verifiable reason for their absence (excuse and proof before the first unit to Prof. Blocher: blocher@uni-kassel.de).

From > 50 % (= 41 points) the course is successfully completed.
Grading scale: from 41 points - sufficient, from 51 points - satisfactory, from 61 points - good, from 71 points - very good

Examination topics

Lecture, slides, script

Reading list

Kodex Bürgerliches Recht, aktuelle Auflage;
Janisch/Mader, E-Business, 5. Auflage (2016), ISBN: 978-3-7007-6112-9.

Association in the course directory

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