LAW2301 e-Law (FOBUS)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Law not elsewhere classified) Band 3

Bachelor of Laws students: pre-requisite/co-requisite LAW1201; Juris Doctor students: pre-requisite/co-requisite LAW5501; all other students: pre-requisite LAW1101. Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to USQConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at http://www.usq.edu.au/business/aboutfob.htm

Synopsis

This course seeks to introduce students to the law as it relates to the Internet and in particular e-commerce. It will examine the most problematic areas from a legal point of view. These areas include regulatory models, jurisdiction, consumer protection, electronic payment systems, copyright, domain name disputes, patents, privacy, content regulation (for example, censorship) and also electronic crime. In each area the application of existing legal principles to e-commerce as well as the newly developed 'cyberlaw' principles will be examined. In some of these areas of law the growth in e-commerce has outstripped the growth in the law. In these areas we will identify the legal issues and look at any proposed laws that seek to clarify these new issues. Students must have access to the Internet to complete this course.