To give substantive consideration to the cutting-edge digital developments in civil and criminal law and in contemporary society as a whole
To enable students to identify and define justice in the digital realm, its advantages and drawbacks
To examine the challenges that contemporary legal technologies pose to human rights, jurisdiction, criminal law and other areas of law
To develop the cross-cutting and interdisciplinary understanding of the impact of digital technologies on courts and legal processes
To discover the IT, human rights, criminal law and other approaches to new technical solutions in justice

(LO1) Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the scope and nature of justice in the digital realm

(LO2) Students will be able to put into practice principles and techniques of advanced legal research;

(LO3) Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the relevant social, economic, political, constitutional, historical and cultural contexts within which digital justice operates

(LO4) Students will be able to utilise knowledge of justice in the digital realm to identify, analyse, and evaluate emerging legal issues in this area.

(LO5) Students will be able to apply legal knowledge to practical situations and draw reasoned conclusions supported by legal authority

(LO6) Students will be able to demonstrate advanced legal skills (e.g. critical analysis) necessary to reach a deep understanding of digital justice.

(S1) Critical thinking and problem solving including critical analysis and identification of problems. Capacity to make a critical judgment of the merits of particular arguments and make a reasoned choice between alternative solutions or arguments. This will be achieved through interactive seminars and problem solving. Writing blogs and essays.

(S2) Time and project management - Personal organisation. The module will have clearly set deadlines and tasks.

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) – such as presenting legal arguments in a concise form of a blog post. Students will be asked to make short presentations in the seminars, they will be asked to write blogs and essays.

(S4) Improving own learning and performance. The major part of the module will rely on self-learning. The handbook will provide directions for self-learning and required and additional literature for each topic.

(S5) Develop skills in reading, analysing and synthesising different viewpoints and presenting findings/conclusions in clear, comprehensible, structured format, with detailed argumentation where appropriate.

Introduction. This seminar will explain the logic and narrative of the module and will be led by 2-3 module tutors.

Part 1. Digital Justice and Human rights. This part might include some of the following indicative sessions:

-Digital Justice and the Right to Privacy
- Free Speech and Liability of Internet Intermediaries
-Digital Justice and Mass Surveillance
-The Right to Fair Trial and Digital Courtroom

Part 2. Digital Justice beyond Human Rights. This part might include some of the following indicative sessions:

-Digital Justice and the Evidentiary Challenge of Privacy Enhancing Software
-Public-Private Partnerships in the Fight Against Tech (Dark Web) Enabled Crime
-Algorithmic case prediction and determination
-Jurisdiction and online copyright infringement
-Basic principles of blockchain and justice
-Smart contracts, decentralised autonomous organisations and blockchain-based dispute resolution

Teaching Method 1: Seminars

Scheduled Directed Student Hours: 10 seminars 2 hours each

Unscheduled Directed Student Hours: 180

Description: Seminars will be conducted in the form of discussion of the key issues covered by the module.

Attendance Recorded: Yes