• Semester 1 (External)

Synopsis

This  subject seeks to give students a detailed 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.