Computer Law

Teaching Methodologies

The class will be taught by exposing the theoretical and its practical application.

Learning Results

The discipline has a relatively recent history in the Portuguese legal landscape. The emergence of this new branch of law is the result of the evolution of information technology and communication and the need to establish a legal normative framework. The analysis will focus primarily on technical and evolutionary perspective of ICT, followed by the legal protection of personal data, e-commerce and digital computer crime.
Skills to be acquired:
– Understand the evolution of information technology and communications;
– Understand the legal framework for the protection of personal data: static and dynamic perspective;
– Understand the legal framework for electronic commerce;
– Understanding the phenomenon of cybercrime’s social and legal perspective.

Program

§ 1. INTRODUCTION: INFORMATION SOCIETY IN THE WORLD TODAY, § 2. LEGAL PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA | CHAPTER I – MOTHER OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA, CHAPTER II – UNDER THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION DATA; CHAPTER III – LEGAL LEGAL PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA; CHAPTER IV – SPECIFIC AREAS OF PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION | § COMMERCE 3: CHAPTER I – ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING; CHAPTER II – SIGNATURE DOCUMENT AND MAKING DIGITAL | § 4. COMPUTER CRIMEDIGITAL

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Manuel Lopes/MARQUES, Ana Margarida/BERNARDO, André Lencastre, Guia da Lei do Comércio Electrónico,
Colecção/Direito das Novas Tecnologias, Centro Atlântico.pt, Portugal, 2004; TEIXEIRA, Glória (Coordenadora),
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Livraria Almedina, Coimbra, Fevereiro 2002