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Private Law
REGGIO DI CALABRIA
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Basic knowledge relating to the legal profiles (ownership, protection, circulation) of digital goods; data protection strategies and methods; civil liability of providers, platform and “gatekeepers”; creation, signature and evidentiary value of digital documents.
Basic knowledge on EU and national legislation on the topics analysed in the course program.
At the end of course of lessons, students will have the ability to understand the main problems related to the online right and actions of the individual subjects, especially regarding communication and sharing activities on social network sites, as well as issues related to ownership situations and (protection of) access to digital goods; students will be also able to resolve basic issues regarding the protection of personal data and criteria for the lawfulness of data processing.
Attending the Generative AI Laboratory, students will have acquired basic knowledge on the functioning and possible applications, but also on the critical profiles and risks of the massive use of this technology.
The course aims to achieve the following learning objectives, structured according to the Dublin Descriptors:
1. (knowledge and understanding) advanced knowledge and understanding of the main institutions of the ICT society to develop original ideas, including research purposes.
2. (applying knowledge and understanding) ability to apply knowledge in management of ICT society institutions applied to sport, with particular reference to individual's fundamnetal right in cyberspace and data protection.
3. (making judgments) ability to gather and integrate knowledge within the complexity of the ICT society; formulate independent judgments and understand their ethical and social implications; critical-reflective skills, ability to evaluate the quality and value of ICT phenomena and potential applications and developments.
4. (communication skills) ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to specialist and non-specialist audiences; communication and interpersonal skills applicable to digital communication.
5. (learning skills) ability to learn in order to manage professional activities and projects that require planning and decision-making responsibility; development of autonomous learning ability (learning to learn ability)
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of the basic rules of private law on sources, (legal) subject, (legal) object .
no preparatory exams are required
Teaching Methods
Lectures ; seminar activities with interventions (also on line) by expert professionals and practitioners in the ICT sector.
Assessment Methods
Oral interview
(joint interview for both the legal sector and technical sector).
The expected learning outcomes will be assessed at the end of the course through an oral exam/interview.
The assessment criteria used for learning outcomes include:
- completeness and relevance of the knowledge acquired
- ability to connect content and connect it to real-world work situations in the context in question
- proficiency in the use of ITC vocabulary and legal terminology
- ability to critically analyze the proposed institutions and issues.
The oral exam is designed to test knowledge of the course content and the ability to present it with mastery of the topics.
Grades will be expressed in thirtieths and will therefore range from 18/30 to 30/30 with honours, depending on the level of proficiency demonstrated in the oral exam.
The grading table is as follows:
"Excellent": Exam demonstrates in-depth, complete, and accurate knowledge of the technical and legal content, with mastery of technical and legal language.
"Good": Exam demonstrates a good level of knowledge of the topics, the ability to connect them, and demonstrates mastery of technical and legal language.
"Fair": Exam demonstrates an overall adequate knowledge of the content and appropriate use of technical and legal language.
"Satisfactory": Exam demonstrates a basic understanding of the course content, with an approximate and imprecise use of technical and legal language.
"Insufficient": Exam demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the most basic concepts and difficulty navigating the course content, as well as a presentation lacking technical and legal language.
Texts
LEGAL MODULE (4 CFU)
G. Pascuzzi, Il diritto dell'era digitale, VI edizione, ed. Il Mulino, 2024*.
Chapters to be used for the exam are indicated below:
- Introduzione (pp.17-32)
- Parte Prima - Le tecnologie alla base dell'era digitale. Un primo inventario dei problemi giuridici; Cap.I, Cap. II, Cap. III (pp.35-82)
- Parte Seconda - Come le tecnologie digitali cambiano le regole giuridiche - Cap. IV (pp. 85-149); Cap. V (pp. 177-203); Cap. IX (pp.177-203); Cap. XI (pp.209-223)
- Parte Terza - Approfondimenti - Cap. XIII (pp. 241-245); Cap. XIV (pp.247-251); Cap. XV (pp. 253-266); Cap. XVII (pp. 279-287); Cap. XVIII (pp.289-302); Cap. XIX (303-330)
Students attending course lessons may replace some of the chapters indicated with notes and case law analysed during the lessons.
Working students and/or students super-senior (more than 3 years) may omit the following chapters : Chap. IX (pp.177-203); Chap. XI (pp.209-223); Chap. XIII (pp. 241-245); Chap. XIV (pp.247-251); Chap. XV (pp. 253-266); Chap. XIX (303-330).
· The publisher Il Mulino also allows the purchase/access to single/selected parts of the volume through the pandoracampus platform
TECHNICAL MODULE (2CFU)
Teacher's handouts
Reference bibliography
A Plebe and M Monaca, Introduzione all’informatica delle conoscenze., Editori Riuniti University Press, 2010 (ISBN 3 9788864732152)
Contents
LEGAL MODULE (4 CFU)
The Course of lessons will analyse basic institutions and rules of ICT society and Internet law, also regarding the most recent EU rules (in particular, the Data Governance Act and the AI Act)
Topics below indicated (which are specifically focused in the recommended textbook) will be analysed during the lessons with references to the most recent case-law (national and EU) and with attention to the provisions of the National Supervisory Authorities for Data Protection.
Course topics:
1. From law science to ICT law and to Internet law: the law of the digital era.
2. ICT law sources and rules of digital age law.
3. Hardware, software, algorithms, networks, Internet, Internet of things, cloud computing.
4. Online freedom of speech, digital citizenship and online “native” rights.
5. Digital identity, digital document and signature.
6. Data as legal goods; from personal data to BIG DATA; the “European data strategy” and the rules on personal data protection.
7. Online data flows, communications and social network sites.
8. (Notes on) Electronic commerce.
9. (Notes on) Copyright in the digital age.
10. (Notes on) Artificial intelligence and robotics.
TECHNICAL MODULE (2 CFU)
The technical module aims to provide students with a path through information and communication technologies, providing the cultural content essential to understanding the topics covered in the legal module of this same subject.
Topics:
- Computer Networks
- TCP-IP
- Internet
- Network Applications and Services: DNS, Web, Email, Search Engines
- Computer Security
- Public Key Cryptography
- Digital Identity
- Digital Signature
- Certified Electronic Mail
- SPID, EIDAS
- Digital Document
- Cloud Computing
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