Delivered at:: Big Data and Information Retrieval School

Course type:: Compulsory course

When:: 3 year, 3 module

Instructor

Bozhenova, Valeria

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Abstract

This course introduces students to the basics of law theory, which enables comprehensive understanding of the role of law as a social regulator in the era of digital transformation. It also explores the relationship between law and technology with a strong focus on the law of the Russian Federation, European Union and the United States.

Learning Objectives

Students will learn fundamentals of the theory of law, general legal challenges of IT sphere, privacy as legal concept, main legal acts regulating data protection, IP issues in the digital era, legal status of AI

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students know basic principles of law theory, tendencies of law development in the digital era, tendencies of IP law regulation
Students know basic principles of law theory, tendencies of law development in the digital era, tendencies of IP law regulation

Course Contents

The Essence of Law
Lawmaking and Law Enforcement
Law and the Internet
Personal Data
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
Copyright
Law and Artificial Intelligence
Ethics in the IT Context

Assessment Elements

Seminars activity
Final test
Project

Interim Assessment

2026/2027 3rd module
0.4 * Final test + 0.3 * Project + 0.3 * Seminars activity

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Artificial intelligence and international arbitration law : revolution or evolution, Lągiewska, M., 2025
Contemporary intellectual property : law and policy, , 2023
Law and legal system of the Russian Federation, Maggs, P. B., 2020
The international practice of law : liber amicorum for Thomas Bar and Robert Karrer, , 1997

Recommended Additional Bibliography

A guide to global private international law, , 2022
Comparative concepts of criminal law, , 2019
Preclassical conflict of laws, Hatzimihail, N. E., 2023
Russian arbitration law and practice, Oda, H., 2020

Authors

BOZHENOVA VALERIYA ALEKSANOVNA
ZHURAVLEV MIKHAIL SERGEEVICH

Bachelor’s Programme 'Data Science and Business Analytics'

Introduction to law