BTW3641

Information law

(BUS)

Not offered in 2000

6 points + 3-4 hours per week + Prerequisite: BTW1010

Synopsis: The ease and manner in which information can now be transmitted, accessed and transacted around the world instantaneously by the interconnection of computers (the Internet); legal methods by which the law has attempted to regulate this /flow0 of information and its use in business and commerce will be explored. Contract law (in particular international and computer contracts), intellectual property (including copyright law) and privacy issues.

Assessment: Assignment one (1500 words): 20% + Assignment two research report (2500 words): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 50%