Unit LEGAL INFORMATICS
- Course
- Law
- Study-unit Code
- A000373
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Francesco Paolo Micozzi
- Teachers
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- Francesco Paolo Micozzi
- Hours
- 18 ore - Francesco Paolo Micozzi
- CFU
- 3
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Altro
- Area
- Ulteriori attività formative (art.10, comma 5, lettera d)
- Academic discipline
- IUS/20
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course deals with the fundamental themes connected to the relationship between computer science and law, both on the practical side and on the theoretical side.
- Reference texts
- “Il diritto dell'era digitale. Quinta edizione”, Mulino, 2020 (only chapters: I, II, IV, X, XI e XVI)
Other materials made available by the teacher during the lessons - Educational objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide students with the necessary tools to deal with (even through the use of a correct technical language) the different situations in which the jurist may have to relate to informatics related issues, both in the study of law and in the examination practical in some contexts in which the legal skills acquired during the degree course and information technology are jointly involved.
- Prerequisites
- It is necessary, for the purpose of understanding the topics of the course, the possession of the basic notions of computer science, the ability to use fundamental programs such as those for online communications and word processing.
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face, practical training, seminars, seminar lectures with audiovisual material
- Learning verification modality
- For non-attending students: the test consists of an oral exam (as allowed by the evolution of the pandemic situation) or an online exam, via the UniStudium platform, with limited time and multiple choice questions (with at least 15 questions) and / or essay questions; the questions relate to the program identified by the teacher, and will be considered the knowledge of the subject, the use of the appropriate technical language, the ability to reason, the logic of the argument and the learning of the methodology. The duration of the exam depends on the course’s evolution or on the quality of questions proposed.
The following alternative exam methods are available for attending students:
1) via UniStudium platform, a multiple choice test (with at least 10 questions) will be proposed with regard on the subject of the lessons and supplementary materials made available. The test must be completed within a limited period of time;
2) producing an essay, on a topic agreed with the teacher, concerning a theme compatible with the subject of the course. The essay must have a minimum number of 10,000 characters, including spaces, and must be delivered by email (to the teacher's email address) at least 48 hours before the exam begins. The content of the thesis is presented during the examination. The originality of the contents will be verified using the University software.
3) exam (oral, face-to-face or online) according to the procedures envisaged for non-attending students, on the topics covered in class and the subject of in-depth material made available by the teacher.
NB: attending students whose study plan includes the legal informatics exam with 6cfu will integrate the program with chapters XI and XVI of the textbook available on https://www.pandoracampus.it/store/details/10.978.8815/362636 - Extended program
- The lawyer and the technologies: the importance of legal informatics;
Current technological panorama: social networks, search engines, online marketing and the Internet of things;
Elements of computer science: operating and application systems for the jurist
The history and importance of hacking (also) for the jurist;
The basics of cybersecurity for the jurist;
Information protection in a legal professional context;
Legal databases;
The language of legal research and the new predictive frontiers;
The telematic processes (in particular the civil process and the telematic criminal process);
The digital administration code: outline of the tools for the creation, transmission, protocol and conservation of electronic documents;
OpenData: from open philosophy to public sector information;
Notes on copyleft licenses;
The relevant legal profiles on the topic of artificial intelligence.