| Dozent/in |
PD Dr. iur. Tihomira Burri |
| Veranstaltungsart |
Vorlesung |
| Code |
FS181445 |
| Semester |
Frühjahrssemester 2018 |
| Durchführender Fachbereich |
Öffentliches Recht |
| Studienstufe |
Master |
| Termin/e |
wöchentlich (Mi), ab 21.02.2018, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 4.A05 |
| Umfang |
2 Semesterwochenstunden |
| Inhalt |
The course explores the legal issues arising out of the Internet’s growing role as a commercial, public and personal platform. The course looks at how regulators and courts respond to the novel issues raised by the rapid changes in digital technologies. Topics include, among others: jurisdictional questions over the borderless Internet; intellectual property rules around digital content and how they can be enforced online; liability of intermediaries, such as network operators, social media services or search engines; online privacy protection; and freedom of speech questions.
The course covers global legal developments, as well as those in the major jurisdictions of the United States and the European Union.
The detailed schedules of sessions will be made available on OLAT. |
| Lernziele |
Furthering of the understanding, the application of knowledge and professional judgment in the different areas of Internet law and policy.
By the end of the course, you will be able to frame and independently assess current developments in Internet law, to actively engage in debates and formulate legal opinions on the topic based on acquired knowledge of national and international law and practice, as well as contemporary legal scholarship. |
| Voraussetzungen |
No specific prerequisites except for a good command of English. |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Leistungsnachweis |
Class participation is taken into consideration in the final grade.
Exam: May 29 and 30, 2018 |
| Abschlussform / Credits |
Oral exam / 5 Credits
|
| Hinweise |
Class attendance and active participation are critical to success in the course. Students will be asked to summarize and discuss texts and cases. Each class requires adequate preparation. |
| Hörer-/innen |
Ja |
| Kontakt |
mira.burri@unilu.ch |
| Literatur |
What’s indispensable? Textbook: James Grimmelman, Internet Law: Cases and materials, 7th ed. (Semaphore Press, 2017).
The textbook is available for download in a PDF format (as a whole, or separate chapters) at http://internetcasebook.com/. Semaphore Press lets you choose your price. For students, USD30 is the recommended price, which is a fair deal.
A printed version can be bought from the "Studiladen" at a special price.
The relevant chapters and additional literature will be made available on OLAT. Relevant Exam Treaties and Conventions
• Council of Europe, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14, ETS 5, adopted on 4 November 1950, in force since 3 September 1953
https://www.echr.coe.int/documents/convention_eng.pdf
• World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WIPO Copyright Treaty/WCT), S. Treaty Doc. No. 105-17 (1997); 36 ILM 65(1997), adopted 20 December 1996, in force since 6 March 2002
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/treaties/en/wct/trt_wct_001en.pdf
• Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C, 1869 U.N.T.S. 299, 33 I.L.M. 1197, adopted on 15 April 1994, in force since 1 January 1995
https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/27-trips.pdf
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1A, 1867 U.N.T.S. 187, 33 I.L.M. 1153, adopted on 15 April 1994, in force since 1 January 1995
https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/gatt47.pdf
• General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1B, 1869 U.N.T.S. 183, 33 I.L.M. 1167, adopted on 15 April 1994, in force since 1 January 1995
https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/26-gats.pdf
• Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (EU E-Commerce Directive), adopted on 8 June 2000, in force since 17 July 2000
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/txt/pdf/?uri=celex:32000l0031&from=en
• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation/GDPR), adopted on 27 April 2016, in force since 4 Mai 2016
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/txt/pdf/?uri=celex:32016r0679&from=en |