Module: Technology Law & Society

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Technology Law & Society
Module Code	LG3990 (ITS) / LAW1053 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Law & Government
Module Co-ordinator	Ronan Condon
Module Teachers	Róisín Áine Costello
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only
Students must complete a supplemental written assignment on an assigned topic.

Description

This module consists of two hours of lectures per week. This module is 100% continuous assessment. In this module students learn to critically analyse the interactions between legal regulation of technology and social institutions and patterns. Through a series of doctrinal lectures and tutorials focused on close readings of seminar technology and society readings, students examine how core institutional features have been impacted by technology, and how they have, in turn, responded to the changes and challenges posed to traditional social and legal ordering by technologies. The module thus challenges students to consider how law and technology interact with each other to form, and reform, social institutions, and the manner in which we organise and understand social, political and economic relationships within legal systems faced with change.

Learning Outcomes

1. This module challenges students to consider how law and technology interact with each other to form, and reform, social institutions, and the manner in which we organise and understand social, political and economic relationships within legal systems.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Assignment Completion	20	Completion of essay
Total Workload: 20

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Written Exam	An essay must be completed to satisfy the requirements of this module	100%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Andrew Murray: 2019, Information Technology Law, 4th, OUP,
Eds Lilian Edwards: 2018, Law, Policy and the Internet, Bloomsbury,

Other Resources

None