Information Law

Code:

MCI0009

Acronym:

DI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Informatics Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Information Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	0	Course Programme	1	-	6	60	162
MCI	32	Plano de estudos oficial	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	0	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The course aims to address the issues, concepts and fundamental legal concepts in the context of Information Law.

In addition to the systematic approach to the law applicable to different forms and information content will be dealt the new issues arising from the interaction between information and technology.

The aim is to give students the essential tools of understanding of Information Law based on examples that might be useful in their future activity as one of the factors taken into account in development projects of information systems and communication.

Students will get an overview of the European and international rules and mechanisms provided for in national legislation.

Program

Global aspects of the Information Society (IS) - the concepts and interaction with the law.

The information law and the Information Society

International and European framework of the information law

Freedom of expression and information in the global network..

Constitutional framework

The rights, freedoms and guarantees. The freedom to inform and communicate. The Right to get information, be informed and to inform.

Principles and rules of open administration. Evolution, European and national legislation. The role of the Commission on Access to Administrative Documents.

The rules concerning the access to information in the administrative procedure.

The protection of personal data and privacy. Principles. Comparative law. The EU and national rules. The role of the National Commission for Data Protection. The different applications. ICT and the protection of personal data.

Information law, copyright and related rights.

Right of information and the rules of software, databases protection and domain names.

Information law and the right of communication.

The Information law, computer crime and cybercrime.

Security and civil liberties in the use of ICT

Applications and examples.

Mandatory literature

Garcia Marques, Lourenço Martins; Direito da Informática. ISBN: 972-40-2859-3
Fernando dos Reis Condesso; Direito da Comunicação Social. ISBN: 978-972-40-3204-7

Teaching methods and learning activities

The classes will be devoted to a theoretical understanding of the principles and rules of law and a practical part that will be presented and solved case studies, inspired by real life situations.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	48,00
	Teste	20,00		2012-03-26
	Teste	20,00		2012-04-30
	Teste	20,00		2012-05-21
	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	52	2012-06-11
	Total:	52,00

Eligibility for exams

Conclusion of the three tests.

Minimum grade of 40% in any of the components

Calculation formula of final grade

Tests – 30%
Final work and oral exam – 70%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The student workers must make two of the three planned tests .

Classification improvement

It is possible to improve the note of the final work .