77887 Legal Issues in e-Commerce

6cp
Requisite(s): 60 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice AND 70516 Equity and Trusts
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: J Cooper

This subject introduces students to the legal issues surrounding new forms of commerce that have emerged as a result of new communications technologies. The subject focuses on the challenges to current legal doctrines and categories flowing from the phenomenal spread of digital technologies and electronic commerce, in particular, laws and policies surrounding regulation of communications, intellectual property, the law of contract and tort. The subject aims to provide both an insight into the challenges facing the legal system, as well as a practical guide for those wishing to do business electronically.

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