20110472 - Comparative Law of Digital Markets

The Course aims at conducting a comparative analysis of some of the key institutions of private law, including contract and tort, and their role in digital markets. By introducing students to the comparative methodology in the study of law, it furthers a better understanding of national law and it aims at developing critical and analytical tools through which students will be able to identify and research relevant issues in the private law of digital markets, through a direct approach to normative, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources of foreign and supranational law.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20110472 Comparative Law of Digital Markets in Scienze giuridiche per le nuove tecnologie LM/SC-GIUR R RESTA GIORGIO

Programma

This course will provide an overview of the major issues related to the impact of digitalisation, interconnected networks, and artificial intelligence on contemporary law. Namely, it will focus on data-driven innovation and will explore the complex relationship between social and technological change and the evolution of the law. Controversial issues such as the regulation of digital platforms, decision making by algorithms, ownership of data, liquid surveillance, Internet of things, privacy in the social networks, smart contracting, liability in the cyberspace, will be analysed and discusses from a comparative law perspective. The main aim of the course is to provide an up-to-date overview about the major legal issues raised by the advent of digital technologies.

Testi Adottati

The exam must be prepared using the materials made available by the instructor on the e-learning platform.

Students of the LAW, TECHNOLOGIES and SOCIETY Curriculum are strongly encouraged to attend the course. Only for those who cannot attend the course, the assessment will be based on a final written exam and students can prepare on the following textbook (as well as on the other materials that are available on the moodle page of the course):
“The Cambridge Handbook of the Law. Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence” Edited by Nathalie A. Smuha, CUP, 2025 (available in open access via the Roma3 Library System): Part II + Part III (Chapters 7-20)

Modalità Valutazione

Presentations and class activities (up to 10 points – 1/3 of the final grade); final written exam closed books (up to 20 points – 2/3 of the final grade).

scheda docente | materiale didattico

Mutuazione: 20110472 Comparative Law of Digital Markets in Scienze giuridiche per le nuove tecnologie LM/SC-GIUR R RESTA GIORGIO

Programma

This course will provide an overview of the major issues related to the impact of digitalisation, interconnected networks, and artificial intelligence on contemporary law. Namely, it will focus on data-driven innovation and will explore the complex relationship between social and technological change and the evolution of the law. Controversial issues such as the regulation of digital platforms, decision making by algorithms, ownership of data, liquid surveillance, Internet of things, privacy in the social networks, smart contracting, liability in the cyberspace, will be analysed and discusses from a comparative law perspective. The main aim of the course is to provide an up-to-date overview about the major legal issues raised by the advent of digital technologies.

Testi Adottati

The exam must be prepared using the materials made available by the instructor on the e-learning platform.

Students of the LAW, TECHNOLOGIES and SOCIETY Curriculum are strongly encouraged to attend the course. Only for those who cannot attend the course, the assessment will be based on a final written exam and students can prepare on the following textbook (as well as on the other materials that are available on the moodle page of the course):
“The Cambridge Handbook of the Law. Ethics and Policy of Artificial Intelligence” Edited by Nathalie A. Smuha, CUP, 2025 (available in open access via the Roma3 Library System): Part II + Part III (Chapters 7-20)

Modalità Valutazione

Presentations and class activities (up to 10 points – 1/3 of the final grade); final written exam closed books (up to 20 points – 2/3 of the final grade).