INFORMATION SOCIETY AND LAW - BMEGT55M005

The aim of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the role of law in our world, which is evolving into a knowledge-based economy and information society, and the main areas of legal regulation. The course will cover a number of areas of existing Hungarian law (data protection, communications and media law, intellectual property protection), and will attempt to introduce the basic aims and tools of legal regulation in this area. Instead of a detailed presentation of the specific legal rules, the course put emphasis on the phenomena and conflicts arising from technological developments in the individual fields. In the context of newer phenomena, the course discusses the possible regulators and their interrelationships which are already available or are expected to play a role in regulation.

1. They are aware of the basic social risks associated with technological developments in the information society and the regulatory issues involved in managing them.
2. They are familiar with the regulatory principles of the information society and the related regulatory instruments, in particular in the fields of electronic commerce, data protection and information society services.
3. Familiarity with the broader system of intellectual property protection, the regulatory framework for copyright, industrial property and trade secret protection.

1. 1.Ability to understand the regulatory challenges in the context of the information society and to place them in a social context. 2.Ability to distinguish between legal and other regulatory instruments relevant to information society services. 3.Ability to think critically.

1. A reasonably conscious and responsible approach to assessing the social risks arising as a result of technological progress, informed by a wide range of sources.
2. Open to critical self-evaluation, activity-based, active learning methods, experimental style.
3. Accepts fundamental rights standards and requirements.

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The teaching of the subject is based on the presentation of the basic system of regulation, the interrelationships bet-ween the different areas of law, and the discussion of cases illustrating specific problems, phenomena and conf-licts. The lectures will be interactive, based on questions and comments from the students, sometimes drawing on their practical experience. The cases are presented using multimedia teaching aids.

• Az előadások diasorai, rövid összefoglalói, irodalomjegyzék. / Lecture slides and brief lecture summaries, bibliography

The assessment of the learning outcomes set out in 2.2 is based on two final papers. A minimum pass mark of 50% is required to pass the subject on the basis of the aggregate results of the final exami-nation papers. Attendance of 70% of the lectures is required to complete the course.

Detailed description of performance assessments during the study period: Mid-term tests: the complex, written assessment of the students’ knowledge and skill type competencies in the form of a written test. The test may consist of test questions that assess the interpretation of individual concepts and the recognition of relationships between them, and essay questions that evaluate lexical knowledge and the ability to synthesise information. The time allotted for the test is 60 minutes.

• partial performance evaluation: 100

To complete a subject, it is required to achieve at least 50% based on the combined results of the mid-term tests. Participation in at least 70% of the sessions is also required in order to complete the subject.

According to TVSz.

The subject consists of the following thematic blocks to achieve the learning outcomes set out in point 2.2. Each semester the syllabus schedules these topics according to the calendar and other conditions.