LEGL3112 Regulating Technology

2018

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

9 units of second level LEGL or SCME topics

LEGL2103 has been successfully completed

Technological change has a profound impact on society. This topic provides students with a broad understanding of the ways in which society, through regulation, grapples with the effects of technology. The topic, therefore, examines the various influences on the development of policy and law designed to regulate new and emerging technologies. The topic draws on a number of case studies and provides a critical perspective on the development of law designed to regulate intellectual property, the pervasive influence of the internet and the rapidly changing face of the workplace. The topic also provides students with the opportunity to develop an understanding of their responsibilities concerning the use of technology as well as the chance to critically analyse the relationship between technology and law.

This topic aims to:

• develop students' ability to think critically about how information technology influences culture

• enable students to identify the stakeholders and issues driving technological development and its regulation

• develop students' understanding of the Australian and global regulatory frameworks concerning information technology

• develop research and group work skills

Upon the completion of the topic it is expected that students will be able to:

• identify significant technological change and explain its influence on culture

• identify and discuss the influence of various stakeholders on the development of legal regulation of technology

• describe international and domestic frameworks that regulate technology

• demonstrate enhanced research and group work skills