This course introduces students to impact of information technology on the law, the practice of law and the administration of justice. It also examines the various ways and mechanisms through which the law has responded to the new technological environment and the challenges that have come with it.
By the end of the course, students will be expected to have grasped the basic elements of Computer and the Law, appreciate its over-arching character in relation to the Internet; fully comprehend the main principles of computer and its relationship with human rights (right to privacy and database protection) and to be able to apply the key principles of computer and the law to the practice of law and the administration of justice.