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Introduction to Legal Informatics/lectures or essay (5 op)

Toteutuksen tunnus: ONEVAL0012V24-3004

Toteutuksen perustiedot


Ilmoittautumisaika
03.12.2025 - 20.01.2026
Ilmoittautuminen toteutukselle alkaa :startDate.
Ajoitus
27.01.2026 - 16.02.2026
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Opintopistemäärä
5 op
Lähiosuus
0 op
Virtuaaliosuus
5 op
Toteutustapa
Etäopetus
Yksikkö
Oikeustieteiden tiedekunta
Opetuskielet
englanti
Paikat
1 - 150
Koulutus
Oikeustiede
Opettajat
Juhana Riekkinen
Dino Girardi
Ryhmät
OTKLAW
OTK/LAW - Courses in English
Opintojakso
ONEVAL0012V24

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H-5

Tavoitteet

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.

Toteutustavat

Lectures (18–22 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.

If a student wishes to complete the course with an essay without attending the lectures, they are required to write an essay of approximately 25 pages (from 9000 up to 10.000 words). The topic of the essay and the appropriate literature should be discussed with the teacher also via email (dino.girardi@ulapland.fi). The complete list of the requirements for the essay will be sent via email to the student.

Suoritustavat

Lecture course.

Sisältö

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.

Oppimateriaalit

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.


Opetusmenetelmät

Lectures are in presence and online:HYBRID

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

If a student wishes to complete the course with an essay without attending the lectures, they are required to write an essay of approximately 25 pages (from 9000 up to 10.000 words). The topic of the essay and the appropriate literature should be discussed with the teacher also via email (dino.girardi@ulapland.fi). The complete list of the requirements for the essay will be sent via email to the student.

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