Introduction to Legal Informatics (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of Information and Communication Technologies applied to the law and to make them aware of the legal and ethical issues of ICT. By the end of the course, students will have learned the basic concepts of computer science and how these concepts apply in the legal domain.

Execution methods

Lectures (22 hours) will be delivered during the Autumn and Spring semesters. To complete the course, students need to actively attend the lectures and complete tasks as instructed by the teacher.

Accomplishment methods

Lecture course.

Content

The course covers various topics relating to law in the information society, such as:

- introduction to legal informatics: basic concepts, evolution of the discipline, applications and perspectives,
- computer systems and information systems: the evolution and the impact of informatics, and its application to the legal information systems,
- basics of computers and elaboration of information,
- distributed knowledge society: telematics, information networks, the Internet, Web, Semantic Web, online legal documents,
- dematerialization society: legal rules and Internet rules, the governance of the Internet, domain names, and cryptography,
- basic knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence and law,
- basic knowledge of algorithmic decision making and algorithmic justice,
- introduction to cybercrime and electronic evidence,
- an overview concerning the methodology of research in Legal Informatics from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Materials

The required reading is comprised of chapters of books, journal articles and relevant EU and/or international legislative instruments, which will be all available online. More reading will be suggested through the lectures.

Teaching methods

Thu 24.11.2022 14:00-17:00
Fri 25.11.2022 12:00-15:00
Mon 28.11.2022 16:00-19:00
Tue 29.11.2022 16:00-19:00
Wed 30.11.2022 12:00-15:00
Wed 30.11.2022 14.30-17.30
Thu 01.12.2022 12:00-14:00 (Cancelled)
Fri 02.12.2022 12:00-14:00
Thu 8.12. at 10-13 (Cancelled)
Tue 13.12.2022 at 13-15.45
Thu 15.12.2022 at 10-13

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass, Fail, Grades 1-5

Further information

Lecturer:Dino Girardi
dino.girardi@ulapland.fi