Module LAW3173 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3173: Technology and Human Rights Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
I. Foundations
- Introduction to technology and human rights law
- Privacy in the digital age 1 and 2
- Freedom of expression in the digital age 1 and 2
- Comparative approaches to data protection
II. Practical application & current challenges
- Technological companies and the protection of human rights
- Digital identity, blockchain and human rights protection
- Cybersecurity and human rights
- Big data and contemporary challenges
- Artificial intelligence and automation
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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26.5 | 123.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4.5 | 3 x 1.5 hour workshops |
Guided Independent Study | 73.5 | Lectures and workshops preparation, to include advance reading and preparation of questions and activities |
Guided independent study | 50 | Revision and assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Ana Beduschi et al., ‘Building Digital Identities: the Challenges, Risks and Opportunities of Collecting Behavioural Attributes for New Digital Identity Systems’ (2017) available at http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofsocialsciencesandinternationalstudies/lawimages/research/Buiding_Digital_Identities_with_Behavioural_Attributes.pdf