Legal systems and recorded information
L Iacovino
4 points * 2-3 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject will provide an understanding of the broad legal or juridical context of information management and knowledge of the information-related legal responsibilities and obligations of organisations, including law, regulations, standards and statements of industry best practice established by professional and business organisations. It will convey a general awareness of the legal and standard-compliance issues associated with management of the new information and communication technologies. Topics covered will include: access and disclosure; privacy and confidentiality; accountability and the document trail; legal requirements for keeping and disposing of information; information as evidence; archival and records management legislation; copyright. This subject will also provide students with skills and techniques for collecting and analysing data about legislation, standards and best practice in information management, and assessing their relevance to particular business activities.
Assessment
Examination (2 hours): 50% * Project work: 50%
Recommended texts
Fong C and Ellis G Finding the law: A guide to Australian secondary sources of legal information Legal Information Press, 1990
Skupsky D Recordkeeping requirement Information Requirements Clearinghouse, 1988
Smith H `Legal responsibilities and issues' in Ellis J (ed.) Keeping archives 2nd edn, Thorpe, 1993