E-Justice and E-Government (5op)

Osaamistavoitteet

After the course, the student has up-to-date knowledge about a specific area of legal informatics, and is familiar with different ways in which ICT can be used in the courts, in out-of-the-court dispute resolution, and in providing government services. The student also recognizes relevant legal issues and possible threats to citizen’s rights associated with such developments.

Sisältö

The course covers topics such as:
- the history and current possibilities for the use of ICT in the national courts and in transborder proceedings,
- the history and current possibilities for the use of ICT in dispute resolution outside the traditional court procedure,
- the concepts and theoretical foundations of e-Government and iGovernment
- the development of electronic services in the public sector from legal and technological perspectives.

Oppimateriaalit

1. Katsh, Ethan – Rabinovich-Einy, Orna: Digital Justice. Technology and the Internet of
Disputes. Oxford University Press, New York 2017 (about 240 pages).

OR

Koulu, Riikka: Dispute Resolution and Techno ISBN 978-952-10-7036-5.

2. Contini, Francesco – Lanzara, Giovan Francesco (eds.): The Circulation of Agency in E-Justice. Interoperability and Infrastructures for European Transborder Judicial Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht 2014, pp. 1–79, 243–353.

3. Saarenpää, Ahti: E-Justice and the Network Society. Some comments from the Finnish point of view. In: Saarenpää, Ahti – Wiatrowski, Aleksander (eds.): Society Trapped in the Network. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi 2016, pp. 131–151.

4. Pöysti, Tuomas: Information Government in Practise: Functional Gains and Legal Perils. Scandinavian Studies in Law, Vol. 56 (2010), pp. 91–124.

AND

Schartum, Dag Wiese: Developing E-government Systems – Legal, Technological and Organizational Aspects. Scandinavian Studies in Law, Vol. 56 (2010), pp. 125–150.

AND

Pöysti, Tuomas: Trust on Digital Administration and Platforms. Scandinavian Studies in Law, Vol. 65 (2018), pp. 321–366.

Suoritustavat

Written examination.

Lectures, 8–16 h (optional, not available every semester). Participation in the lectures before taking the exam replaces some of the required literature, as stated in the information concerning the lecture series in question.