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B018705 - LEGAL INFORMATICS
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Teaching Language
Course Content
Learning Objectives
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Legal Sciences (DSG)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ING-INF/05 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
40
Teaching Term
03/03/2014 ⇒ 30/05/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian.
Course Content
The course aims at offering to the students an introduction to legal
informatics: to its technical background, to its theory, history and
perspectives, and to its relationship with "positive law". The goal is
stressing the role of ICT in the education of lawyers intended to operate
in contemporary world.
informatics: to its technical background, to its theory, history and
perspectives, and to its relationship with "positive law". The goal is
stressing the role of ICT in the education of lawyers intended to operate
in contemporary world.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge
Basic computer skills. Knowledge of the main tools of legal information.
Knowledge of fundamentals of legal informatics and ICT law.
Abilities
Skills in choosing the tools to carry out the legal professions and their
management. Basic training in the management of traditional and digital
legal resources.
Results to be obtained
High degree of competence in solving practical problems, using the
knowledge and skills acquired in legal informatics. Attitude to the
searching of jurisprudence, legislation and case law, through the
consultation of traditional and online archives and databases.
Basic computer skills. Knowledge of the main tools of legal information.
Knowledge of fundamentals of legal informatics and ICT law.
Abilities
Skills in choosing the tools to carry out the legal professions and their
management. Basic training in the management of traditional and digital
legal resources.
Results to be obtained
High degree of competence in solving practical problems, using the
knowledge and skills acquired in legal informatics. Attitude to the
searching of jurisprudence, legislation and case law, through the
consultation of traditional and online archives and databases.
Type of Assessment
Written and oral exam.
Course program
Classes and lectures will address the following topics: legal informatics
between law and computer science; ICT and computers; hardware and
software; proprietary software and open source software; operating
systems; text editor and spreadsheet; HTML; computer networks,
internet, web and e-mail; from web 1.0 to web 2.0; digital identity and
privacy in the network; electronic documents; digital signatures and
certified mail; information society; from e-government to open
government; digital public administration: “rights” and tools; search
engines; objects of legal information: jurisprudence, law, case law; from
paper to online resources; the CED of Corte Suprema di Cassazione:
Italgiureweb; databases of Camera e Senato; archives of CNR: Essper and
Dogi; European databases: Ce-Lex and Eur-Lex; legal research in
common law: Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw; italian professional databases:
DeJure, Il Foro Italiano, Leggi d'Italia, Pluris; OPAC and legal
bibliographies.
between law and computer science; ICT and computers; hardware and
software; proprietary software and open source software; operating
systems; text editor and spreadsheet; HTML; computer networks,
internet, web and e-mail; from web 1.0 to web 2.0; digital identity and
privacy in the network; electronic documents; digital signatures and
certified mail; information society; from e-government to open
government; digital public administration: “rights” and tools; search
engines; objects of legal information: jurisprudence, law, case law; from
paper to online resources; the CED of Corte Suprema di Cassazione:
Italgiureweb; databases of Camera e Senato; archives of CNR: Essper and
Dogi; European databases: Ce-Lex and Eur-Lex; legal research in
common law: Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw; italian professional databases:
DeJure, Il Foro Italiano, Leggi d'Italia, Pluris; OPAC and legal
bibliographies.