Undergraduate Course: Public Law and New Technologies (LAWS10118)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An investigation of the relationship(s) between traditional issues in public law scholarship and the emerging challenges and opportunities created by information and communication technologies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| This course explores the ways in which new technologies alter (or don't alter) the modes and practice of public law. Novel issues such as e-democracy (including e-voting), e-governance and the digital divide are studied. We will also examine how long-standing concerns in constitutional law are impacted by ICTs, e.g. free speech/political communication online, the quality (rather than quantity) of democratic politics and how ICTs change the nature of political financing. |
Assessment Information
| Examination (60%), essay (30%), and class presentation (10%). Class presentation to be 15-20 minutes on a single aspect of a seminar and to be supported by a brief written document. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Navraj Ghaleigh
Tel: (0131 6)50 2069
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Course secretary | Ms Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
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