Information Society Law

Scholar Year: 2018/2019 - 2S

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Micaela de Jesus Bragadeste Lopes Head

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL L TC E OT OT/PL TPL O S Type of classes 1 2 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 1,00 Tiago Araújo   2,00 Theoretical-practical Totals 1 2,00 Tiago Araújo   3,00

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

- Promote the understanding of Law as part of social life, indispensable in the organization of society;
- To know and understand the main concepts of Law, the different branches of Law and the legal framework of organizational facts;
- To frame Law in the Management of Information Systems and to understand the social and citizenship issues that the present area of ​​study elicits and which it seeks to protect;
- To learn how to research, analyze and interpret legislation with impact on the present area of study;
- To be familiar with the basic diplomas within the scope of this area of study (from the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic to the Civil Code and Criminal Code, especially in the case of specific ordinary diplomas, namely the Copyright Code, diplomas in personal data, consumer protection and e-commerce) and their interconnection in solving specific issues.

Syllabus

1. Notion of Law;
2. The Constitution, Fundamental Rights and Organs of Sovereignty;
3. Elements of the Concept of Law and Legal Relationship;
4. Information Technology Law;
5. Access to Documents and Legal Protection of Personal Data;
6. Copyright;
7. Computer crime.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

It is a Curricular Unit (UC) in which students are sought to familiarize themselves with Law in general and Information Society Law in particular. Thus, the objectives of the UC are essentially to know the regime of data manipulation and electronic commerce.

Teaching methodologies

Teaching face-to-face with exposition of subjects, problem solving and exercises, whenever possible, using real cases with appropriate adaptations to control difficulty and pedagogical adequacy.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Distributed evaluation with final exam.
The evaluation is made in accordance with the evaluation regulations of the School and includes continuous assessment and final evaluation.
Continuous assessment involves the mandatory completion of two individual written tests.
Students who do not obtain a continuous evaluation will carry out the final evaluation.

Calculation of final grade
Continuous evaluation:
Students will take advantage if they obtain the final average grade of ten values, not being able to obtain a grade lower than 7.5 values ​​in any of said tests.
Students who do not obtain a continuous evaluation will carry out the final evaluation.

Final evaluation:
There are three epochs of final evaluation:
Normal Season | 1st season (intended for students who did not opt ​​for continuous assessment)
The evaluation of the normal time is constituted by individual written examination. Students who score 10 points will be proficient.
Resource Season| 2nd season (it is intended for students who did not or did not obtain an achievement in the normal time or in the continuous evaluation).
Special Season (for Student Workers, Associative Leaders, ...)
The evaluation system for the Resource Season and the Special Season is the same as for Normal

Attendance system

Students' attendance is not counted for assessment purposes, however, it is strongly recommended to attend all classes and to perform all the tasks proposed.

Assement and Attendance registers