• Semester 2 (External)

Synopsis

This  subject seeks to give an understanding of 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
consumer  protection,  digital  and  electronic  signatures,  Internet
banking, copyright, trademarks, privacy, censorship and also taxation.
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.