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Computer Law, 4 ECTS credits.
/Datajuridisk översiktskurs/
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 32
Rec. self-study hours: 75
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Area of Education: Social Sciences
Main field of studies: Other subjects
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G1
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Aim:
After completing the course, students will:
- have a general knowledge and understanding of the Swedish national law structure and systematics
- have a general knowledge and understanding of the jurisprudential structure and content relevant for the IT-area.
- have basic knowledge and understanding with regard to key legal concepts in civil and public law, primarily for data law, and the legal regulation on the use of information technology
- demonstrate basic skills in interpretation of the law and the legal case analysis
- demonstrate basic ability to identify and solve complex but less frequent civil and public law issues in computer law
- ability to critically reflect on the legal positions regarding the application of the relevant rules in the areas of the course.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
Lectures based on course literature.
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Course contents:
- Law and The Legal System: The nature and grouping/classification of the legal system. The Court System, Arbitration, the making and publication of laws.
- Property Law: The drawing up and evaluation of contracts and the required specifications when buying and selling computers, software and consultancy services. An examination of the market's standard contracts regarding ADB services.
- Responsibility, damages, insurance matters and other risk management involved in computer use.
- Computer Crime: What is computer crime what laws are there and how to investigating and sentencing authorities work? Evidence and assessment of disloyal use.
- Licensing by the Swedish data inspection board according to the data protection act. Application of the principle of public access to official records to ADB material.
- Copyright protection with regard to software, consultancy services and employees software production. Protection of company secrets.
- Association Law: Different types of company. Private companies. Trading companies: Establishment, organisation, owner's responsibility. Economic associations. Joint-stock companies: etablishment, changes in and payment of share capital, protection of share capital, organisation, the company's rights and obligations, annual accounts dissolution/winding up of the company.
- Labour Law: various in the labour market, negotiation and union right, right of participation in decisions making, collective contract/collective wage agreement, industrial action, mediating, the individual employment contract, job security agreements and holiday rights.
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Course literature:
Tp be decided
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Examination: |
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Written examination
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4 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IEI.
Director of Studies: Christina Nordin
Examiner: Christina Nordin
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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