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On completing this module students will be able to:
* Describe and critically assess the international and domestic legal framework within which internet regulation takes place, with special reference to European (E-Commerce Directive) and US (CDA and DMCA) legal norms;
* Describe and critically assess the application of the criminal law to cybercrime;
* Identify and discuss the particular issues presented by online defamation and harassment;
* Describe and discuss the use of technological responses as a means of enforcing legal norms online; and
* Identify and critically analyse wider trends in internet regulation which emerge from these areas.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 226 |
Total | 250 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: 2,500 word assignment | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Assignment: Take home examination 2,500 words | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Students will receive individual feedback on assignments and group feedback on the take home exam.
Name | Role |
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Mr Brian Hutchinson | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |