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Computers and Legal Education at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Karol Dobrzeniecki, LLM. Computers and Legal Education at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Methodology and Experiences. Summary:. - Introduction: desirable substance and form of the legal education (questions for discussion). - Educational offer at the NCU in Torun

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Computers and Legal Education at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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  1. Karol Dobrzeniecki, LLM Computers and Legal Education at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Methodology and Experiences

  2. Summary: - Introduction: desirable substance and form of the legal education (questions for discussion). - Educational offer at the NCU in Torun - Plans and possibilities for the future - Students’ activity in the field of IT law and legal informatics

  3. Contracts in cyberspace Human Rights in cyberspace Property in cyberspace Crime in cyberspace Is „cyberlaw” a new kind of the law of the horse ?

  4. Reforming legal education - How should we teach law in the cyberage? - to modernize legal studies - to keep their humanistic character - to avoid technicalization and depersonalization of social relations at the law faculty

  5. The case of Torun, NCU: Current offer for graduate students: - legal curricula have generally remained unchallenged but particular issues of IT law are present in teaching programs - obligatory computer classes for law students - specialist IT law course - comparative course - student working groups’ activity

  6. HUMAN RIGHTS LAW LEGAL THEORY CRIMINAL LAW CIVIL LAW 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 - lectures devoted to IT law issues How to compose a course of the IT law for graduate students?

  7. How to compose a course of the IT law for graduate students? 1 1 Legal theory Corresponding subjects at the computer classes, e.g. digital signature, click-wrap licenses. User level. 2 Civil law 2 3 Criminal law 3 4 4 Human Rights 5 5 Etc. 6 6 Etc.

  8. LLM Seminars - Criminal Procedure - Criminal Law and Computer Law - Civil Law - Human Rights Law

  9. Specialist Course IT Law for Criminal Lawyers - 15 hours - content: privacy issues, data protection, electronic signature, electronic document, cyber crime, intellectual property in the network environment

  10. Course of Comparative Law - all subjects offered in English - target group: Socrates students - Comparative Criminal Procedure - electronic evidence, child pornography in the European Perspective

  11. Plans for the future: - new topics at the course of comparative law: 1. Consumer protection in cyberspace - formation of contracts 2. Protection of consumers in contracts negotiated at a distance. 3. Protection against misleading and unfair advertising on Internet 4. Protection of collective consumers interests - unfair e-commerce

  12. Students activity Student Working Group of the Computer Law - registered in 2000 - dealing with a role of law in the information society - seminaries, conferences, meetings and discussions, cooperation with academics - www.sknpk.uni.torun.pl

  13. Conclusion A need for balanced and responsible IT implementations: - into the curricula - into the educational process Rather to form a good lawyer with some IT competence than an IT expert with a superficial legal knowledge.

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