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LAW 754

TECHNOLOGY LAW

3 credits.

Examines how the legal system and technology interact. Topics include the economic and social impacts of technology; the uncertainties technology raises for the law; the strategies through which courts, legislatures, administrative agencies, and international institutions resolve these uncertainties; and efforts by incumbent and newcomer industries to use the legal system to advance their interests. Technologies discussed may include smartphones, autonomous weapon systems, domestic drones, robotics, driverless cars, cyberwarfare, the railroad, the internet of things, social media, big data analytics, the sharing economy, generative AI, and other breaking developments.

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Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the recurring law and policy questions raised by new technologies Audience: Graduate 2. Identify the strengths and limitations of legal responses including law-by-analogy, making new law, and reconfiguring legal institutions Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate legal challenges and appropriate responses with respect to specific technologies at the center of current regulatory debates Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate the recurring law and policy questions raised by new technologies Audience: Graduate 2. Identify the strengths and limitations of legal responses including law-by-analogy, making new law, and reconfiguring legal institutions Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate legal challenges and appropriate responses with respect to specific technologies at the center of current regulatory debates Audience: Graduate

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