Module: Technology Law & Society

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Technology Law & Society
Module Code	LAW1053 (ITS: LG3990)
Faculty	Law & Government	School	Humanities & Social Sciences
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

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

Section Breakdown
CRN	20613	Part of Term	Semester 2
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	Ronan Condon	Module Teacher	Róisín Áine Costello

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment 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; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

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

Indicative Reading List

Books:

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

Articles:
None

Other Resources

None