Cyberlaw
BLW300
Overview
Warning: Mature Content
This unit contains mature content including Adult Themes, Coarse Language, Drug use, Nudity, Sex / Sexual References and Violence and may not be suitable for some students. Any student under the age of 16 who would like to enrol in this unit must first complete a Parental Consent Form.
Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 3 mean?
Undergraduate Level 3
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$1,090.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,315.00 (AUD)
Description
The unit provides students with a sound knowledge of laws and regulation relating to internet use. In addition to Australian legal implications of business and private activities online, the international legal environment is also explored. The unit explores to what extent a new field of law is required to accommodate internet activity or whether existing laws can be adapted to facilitate appropriate regulation of cyberspace activity.
Please note: Assessment values are indicative only; details will be advised at the start of the unit.
Prerequisites
You must have completed at least 6 units with a minimum of 2 units at Level 2 from any OUA units.
Assessment
- Invigilated Exam — Range 40-60%
- Research Project — Range 20-40%
- Test — Range 20-40%
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- identify areas of law affecting electronic commerce
- analyse the principal areas of national and global regulation and governance of electronic commerce
- demonstrate an understanding of the legal issues for parties to electronic transactions
- recognise major law reform issues in facilitating e-commerce and regulating the technological infrastructure of e-commerce in Australia and overseas
- demonstrate an ability to identify some legal problems that may arise in business (eg. digital signatures, privacy requirements, contractual relations) and some ability to predict how a legal problem might be solved.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Legal framework and background - the internet and the legal system |
| 2 | Business and commercial Issues - online contracts |
| 3 | Intellectual property in the digital age - copyright, trademarks, domain names, cyber squatting and other intellectual property issues |
| 4 | Regulatory and policy issues - marketing on the internet, privacy issues, the regulation of content |
| 5 | Cyber Crime - new ways to break old laws, new crimes unique to e-commerce and the internet |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Print based materials
- Study Guide
Online materials
- Printable format materials
Textbooks
Textbook information for this unit is currently being updated and will be available soon. Please check back regularly for updates. Alternatively, visit the Unibooks website and enter the unit details to search for available textbooks.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit is part of a major, minor, stream or specialisation in the following courses:
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
