Level: 200 level. Read more information on levels in our FAQs

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Lectures: 36 hours 

Classes: 18 hours

Assessment*: One examination and one essay

Typical credit**: 3-4 credits (US) 7.5 ECTS points (EU)

*Assessment is optional

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Introduction to legal methods or equivalent. This course does not require an in-depth understanding of information technology.

The focus will be initially on English law, although the global nature of IT law means that there is strong EU, Commonwealth and US legal influence upon the English system, so comparative aspects will be introduced, and readings will include materials drawn from, amongst others, US law journals.

• Critically evaluate ongoing developments in law relating to information technologies.
•  Display an understanding of how these developments relate to one another.
•  Examine areas of doctrinal and political debate surrounding rules and theories.
•  Evaluate those rules and theories in terms of internal coherence and practical outcomes.
•  Draw on the analysis and evaluation contained in primary and secondary sources.  

LSE’s Law Department is one of the world’s best. In the UK, it was ranked first for research outputs in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) and in the top 5 law departments overall by The Complete University Guide in 2018. In the 2017 QS World University rankings, the Department was ranked seventh (out of 200 departments worldwide).

Many important subjects were first taught and examined systematically from an academic perspective in LSE’s Department of Law. We pioneered the study of banking law, taxation law, civil litigation, company law, labour law, family law, aspects of welfare law, and studies of the legal system and the legal profession, and continue to be the leading thinkers in our field.

On this three-week intensive programme, you will engage with and learn from full-time lecturers from the LSE’s law faculty.

The recommended textbook is:

Murray: Information Technology Law: The Law and Society, (4^th Edition) (Oxford University Press, Oxford 2019).

*A more detailed reading list will be supplied prior to the start of the programme

**Course content, faculty and dates may be subject to change without prior notice