Course ID
039890
Course Description
This course prepares future lawyers and policymakers to confront the legal challenges posed by electronic commerce. In particular, students will explore how contemporary online business practices challenge the assumptions that underpin traditional bodies of law like contract and property. Students will also identify the distinctive legal challenges posed by major online platforms like Facebook and Uber. And students will critically assess how new technological developments - like Bitcoin and other uses of blockchain - might disrupt law and commerce.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F
Career
Law
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No