K2SP 3290 - Comparative Digital Law

This course offers an introduction to digital law, in a comparative perspective. Students will learn how lawmakers around the world have reacted to new issues arising from digital technologies, drafting and enacting laws that are endogenous to our digital societies. The course will cover data protection laws, data governance laws and artificial intelligence laws, but also intermediary liability and cybersecurity. Through a rigorous comparative analysis, students will understand how digital laws around the world have influenced one another, while maintaining the specificities of their own legal systems.

Interest in digital technologies and regulation

Compulsory readings prior to the course:

• R. Schutze, “ How to Find (and Read) EU Court Judgments”, in European Union Law, Oxford, 2021, online: https://european-union-law.schutze.eu/chapter/appendix-how-to-study-european-law/how-to-find-and-read-eu-court-judgments/
• Read the CJEU brochure (https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-05/cour_garante_qd-03-20-178-en-n.pdf)

You also may read the four firth chapters of A. Arnull, European Union Law. A Very Short Introduction, OUP, 2017.

The assessment will be based on three grades:

• Student’s participation in class 10 %
• Paper or case presentation in class 30 %
• Group work on a policy brief 60 %

Mandatory readings:

• One or two per session (3 hours)

Paper presentation:

• One per student (6 hours)