Module LAW3093 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3093: (European) Internet Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims at providing you with a thorough understanding of selected issues arising with the development of the Internet and the increased popularity of online transactions. The focus of the course will be on the societal shift that the development of the Internet brought about and the resulting need for policymakers to accommodate the new market trends in their law-making. Various areas of law struggle to accommodate the rise of the Internet and online transactions, either by attempting to stretch the interpretation of the existing regulatory framework to cover the newly identified in online transactions issues, or by devising new rules, applicable specifically to the digital market. The module aims to provide you with the necessary legal, theoretical and contextual background in order to analyse effectively the rationales, application and limits of various rules adopted by the legislators while regulating the Internet. Due to the comprehensive framework of discussed issues, touching upon different areas of private law, you will improve your academic analytical skills, but also learn to engage critically with law in context.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of the main areas of Internet law; 2. Identify, explain and critically evaluate the main legal instruments regulating Internet law; 3. Demonstrate critical awareness of a wide range of social, moral, pragmatic and economic implications of regulating Internet law; 4. Compare, analyse and synthesise the principal rules and theories relating to Internet law. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 5. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a range of legal concepts, values, principles, institutions and procedures, and explain the relationships among them, as well as their limits; 6. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social and commercial implications; 7. Apply legal knowledge to a problem/ case study and to suggest a conclusion supported by relevant arguments; 8. Integrate and assess information from primary and secondary legal sources using appropriate interpretative techniques. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 9. Manage relevant learning resources/ information and to develop own arguments and opinions with minimum guidance; 10. Communicate and engage in debate effectively and accurately, orally and in writing, in a manner appropriate to the discipline; 11. Identify, retrieve and use efficiently a range of library-based and electronic resources with minimum guidance; 12. Work independently, within a limited time frame, and without access to external sources, to complete a specified task. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short essay | 1,500 words (conduct a critical analysis of the compliance with contract law of online terms and conditions provided by a company selected by the module convenor) | 1-12 | Written/oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 70 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short report | 30 | 1500 words (choose online terms and conditions of a UK-based company and analyse their compliance with contract law, advising the company whether its policy should be changed and how) | 1-12 | Written |
| Examination | 70 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 1-12 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short report | Coursework (1500 words) | 1-12 | August/September reassessment period |
| Examination | Examination (1 hour and 30 minutes) | 1-12 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
– If the exam is failed, and the module cannot be condoned, the student will be capped at the pass mark after re-examination (40%)
