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Law and Information Society in Europe
Nikolaus Forgó August 3 – August 14 4 ECTS credits

This course will focus on European and global trends in the legal regulation
of information and communication. Specific attention will be attributed to
access to information, copyright, identity management and privacy in a glo-
balized information society. We will work on the relevant European regula-
tions, directives and case law and will compare them with other legal,
technical and social approaches.

Topics:
• Law as Code and Code as Law? The relations between technical, social, N. Forgó
economical and legal forms of regulation
• Regulation of Information: The European approach
• Transparency, Privacy, and Data Protection: outdated concepts in an in-
formation society?
• Identity, Authenticity, and Security in a globalized network-environment
Recommended Reading: Lawrence Lessig, Code and other Laws of Cyber-
space; additional texts and cases will be distributed throughout the course.
Requirements: Regular attendance and active participation in class
discussions (40%) and an open-book essay exam (60%).

Strobl is a unique place for learning
together and from one another about
origins, interests, and institutions in a
relaxed atmosphere of loyalty and
equality where all sorts of borders and
prejudices fade away, horizons are
expanded, common outlook is
broadened, new countries and cultures
are discovered.

Yevgenia Gaber, Ukraine

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