Introduction to Law and Technology

5 ECTS / Semester-long / Inglês

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit

Upon completion of the course, students will have:

  • Acquired concrete and practical knowledge of how technological advances, tools and systems can assist in furthering legal interactions and transactions;
  • Acquired substantial understanding of the modern challenges technology poses in the legal world;
  • Gained awareness of modern-day infractions occurring in the online realm;
  • Gained practical knowledge of how to handle disputes via the online medium.

 

Syllabus

  1. Computers and the law: selected issues;
  2. Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the law;
  3. Cybercrime and Digital Evidence;
  4. Intellectual Property: general concepts;
  5. Blockchain and Bitcoin;
  6. ODR.


 

Faculty

Invited Assistant Professor
Licenciado em Direito pela Escola de Direito do Porto da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, em 2011. Mestrado em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito Universidade…
Assistant Professor
Doutor em Ciências Jurídicas Públicas (ciências jurídico-criminais) e Mestre em Direito Judiciário pela Escola de Direito da Universidade do Minho.
Invited Lecturer
Degree in French and Anglo-American Law, Université Paris X Nanterre, France. LL.M. in International Contracts and Alternative Dispute Resolution, University…