Unit Synopsis
This unit discusses some of the main legal problems generated by recent developments in information technology and e-commerce, and their possible solutions. You will consider topics including copyright, domain name disputes and other intellectual property issues on the Internet, contractual issues of online trading, public key infrastructure and electronic transactions, privacy and data protection. At the completion of this unit, you will have developed an advanced and integrated understanding of the main legal issues arising from the application of information technology and e-commerce. You will be able to apply relevant legal concepts and access professional legal advice and information that will assist in addressing and solving these problems.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: MGMT29009 Operations Management and Business Analytics Students enrolling in this unit must be undertaking the CL84 Master of Business Administration (International). Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Presentation | 20% |
| 3. Report | 40% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 60% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Grades and feedback
Grades were high and feedback was very positive on this first iteration of the unit.
It is recommended to retain the current approaches to learning, teaching and assessment into the next offering.
The approaches to learning, teaching and assessment were retained in the next iteration of the unit.
Source: SUTE comment.
Content in the unit must be up to date.
Review the unit content and ensure that all contents are up to date.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyse the main legal issues arising from information technology and e-commerce as they apply to Indonesia and regional contexts
- Apply established legal concepts, both as independent learners and as members of work groups, to identify and analyse commonly encountered legal problems in information technology and e-commerce
- Interpret and apply knowledge, skills and ideas related to legal issues in IT and e-commerce to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
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| 2 - Presentation | • | • | |
| 3 - Report | • | • | |
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| 2 - Communication | • | ||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | • | |
| 5 - Self-management | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | |
| 7 - Leadership | • | ||
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