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Critical Approaches to Information Law (830M3)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll explore how globalisation has transformed law, leading to major legal changes in ‘information law’.

These changes are driven by global institutions that create policy and rules. They’ve also reshaped existing institutions and rules. You’ll study the constitutions, structures, effectiveness and relevance of these global institutions.

You’ll address:

• international commercial relationships
• international trade
• public policy questions about:
• development
• governance
• access to technology
• key policy choices faced by governments, institutions and stakeholders
• how these policies shape law and regulation.

You’ll focus on the institutions that regulate new technologies through information law and the information society. You’ll also examine how law responds to technological change. This will be through an international lens, comparing legal developments across the world.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 28 hours of contact time and about 272 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.