Course detail

Introduction to ICT Law 2

FEKT-BPC-UP2AAcad. year: 2023/2024

Concept and structure of public ICT law, functioning of public registries and re-use of public sector information, communication of a citizen and state bodies using services of information society, public legal remedies for infringement of intellectual property namely with regards to the protection of copyright, structure and regulation of the market of electronic communications, legal regulatory framework of issuing and use of electronic payment instruments and electronic money, use of information and communication technologies in organisational processes in public administration and in legal procedures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.

Entry knowledge

This course is relatively independent on other parts of the programme, so no prerequisites are required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Cumulative:
- Attendance at the seminars is mandatory. One absence is tolerated without apology.
- Successful oral debate on the topic of the selected lecture or seminar. See the interactive course syllabus for details on dates and debate content.
Study requirements will be published annually by the guarantor of the course.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide for an overview of institutes of public law that apply on various implementations of information and communication technologies in public administration and legal proceedings. The course is divided in to thematic parts according to contemporarily emerging issues of information society including the applicability of public law in information networks, protection of personal data, legal issues of eGovernment and eJustice, public-law remedies in protection of intellectual property, basics of law of electronic communications etc.
Upon the completion of this course, students should be able to understand basic issues of public-law regulation of ICT, analyse and resolve particular legal issues of administrative and penal jurisdiction on the internet, analyse and resolve particular problems of functioning of public registries and Czepoints, resolve legal problems arising of processing and re-use of public sector information (PSI), critically assess public-law remedies in violations of intellectual property through information society services, use institutes of electronic money and electronic payment instruments, understand the structure and system of public-law regulation of f electronic communications market.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Mates, P., Smejkal, V. E-government v České republice, Praha: Leges, 2012.
Mates, P. a V. Smejkal. E-government v českém právu. Praha: Linde, 2006. 244 s. ISBN 80-7201-614-8.
Lechner, T. Elektronické dokumenty v právní praxi, Praha: Leges, 2012.
Polčák, R. Právo a evropská informační společnost. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009. 204 s. Acta Universitatis Brunensis Iuridica. ISBN 978-80-210-4886-7.
MATEJKA, Ján. Internet jako objekt práva: hledání rovnováhy autonomie a soukromí. Praha: CZ.NIC, 2013. ISBN 978-80-904248-7-6. Dostupné i online z: https://knihy.nic.cz/files/nic/edice/jan_matejka_ijop.pdf