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
Domestic student fee:
$1,178.00 (AUD)
HECS student fee:
$1,178.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$1,403.00 (AUD)
Description
The unit provides students to examine whether, and to what extent, computer and data communications technologies are giving rise to a distinctive new field of law. To identify the unit matter, legal concepts and analytical techniques that have arisen (or changed) because of these new technologies. To facilitate an understanding of the interaction between the overall legal and social contexts of cyberspace, as it gains increasing economic, cultural and social importance.
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 — (40%-60%)
- Research Project — (20%-40%)
- Test — (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 are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a unit.
Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:
Required textbooks
By:Alan Davidson
ISBN: -
Format:Print
Supplier:Go to Unibooks
Recommended textbooks
Relevant Courses
This unit is an approved elective in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Business, Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Bachelor of Commerce (Business Law), Curtin University
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.
