95894 - Law, Information and Digital Transformation (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course is aimed at giving the students the basic legal framework of Private Law, also under a comparative approach, related to the information society in view of an efficient job placement also at an international level. Special focus will be addressed to national media law in the domestic context and to the protection of personal rights vis a vis digital transformation, big data, AI and the intersection between ethic and technology. At the end of the course students: • will manage the fundamental private law tools needed in the professional context, under a EU and global perspective and through an interdisciplinary approach; • will acknowledge the main private law tools and issues related to communication and media; • will be able to deal with the fundamental information laws and to solve the main issues concerning the protection of individuals in the information society; • will be able to prove their knowledge in a working context and to manage the challenges posed by the interaction of personal rights and technology in a global arena.

Course contents

The teaching program is structured as follows:
- Private law and the information society
- Data protection, information circulation, and fundamental rights; privacy regulations, the right to be forgotten
- The new challenges of digital transformation: digital platforms and the DSA
- European regulation, ethics, and the centrality of humans: the challenges of artificial intelligence

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS:
slides on sources of information law.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS:
slides uploaded to the materials section with a note indicating slides for non-attending students' exams.
The slides to study for the exam are:
the press and journalism, sources of law and the right to be forgotten and news reporting, European privacy regulations.
SUGGESTED READING:
G. Finocchiaro, Quali regole?, Bologna, 2023

Teaching methods

The course will feature both lectures and practical case studies. A Socratic method will be adopted to stimulate classroom discussion.

Assessment methods

ATTENDING STUDENTS: half of the student's assessment will be based on the group presentation of a practical case in class and the other half on the final exam, which will consist of a written test, in person, with 5 multiple-choice questions, to be completed in 10 minutes.
NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: Student assessment will be based solely on the final exam, which will consist of a written multiple-choice test with 10 questions to be completed in 20 minutes, in person. The slides to study for the exam are:
the press and journalism, sources of law and the right to be forgotten, and news reporting.

Teaching tools

The lessons will be accompanied by slides and materials; students will also be able to find useful material for participating in the teaching activities by consulting the website on the dedicated Virtual page.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Office hours

See the website of Caterina Del Federico