Course 2023-2024 a.y.

• Introduction to the relevant legal systems
• Constitutions in cyberspace
• Freedom of expression in the digital age: a comparative overview
• The legal regime of Internet service providers
• Privacy and data protection
• The legal impact of disruptive technologies: AI and Blockchain

• Deal with the main issues regarding Internet regulation and the protection of fundamental rights in the digital era.

• Assessing the increasing or decreasing of protection of the fundamental rights at stake depending on the judicial balancing between contrasting values.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
• Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
• Group assignments

• Guest speakers’ talks include lectures given by experts and professionals working in the IT industry.
• Case studies are discussed in order to introduce the subject of the relevant lectures or comment on the relevant legal and policy developments.
• Group assignments consist of presentations given by students on selected cases

I)              Attending Students:

-      Students’ Seminar (up to 5/31)

Each group member will receive a grade that equally takes into account the following criteria:

o   Individual classroom presentation – 2 points;

o   Contribution to the group (self-assessment completed by you): you are asked to assess your contribution and that of your fellow group members. A form to be filled out will be circulated on the last day of class – 2 points;

o   Overall presentation (materials used, coherence and clarity of presentation, logicality, completeness) – 1 point.

·       Mid-term Exam (up to 10/31)

The mid-term exam (50 mins) will cover only the topics analyzed in Module 1 and Module 2:

·       6 true/false questions (0.5 pt/each)

·       4 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)

·       1 essay question (5 pt)

·      Final exam (UP TO 16/31)

The final exam (60 minutes) will cover only the topics analyzed in Module 3 and Module 4.

·       6 true/false questions (0.5 pt/each)

·       6 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)

·       2 essay question (5 pt)

II)              Non-Attending Students:

·      Written exam (31/31)

The final written exam for non-attending students (60 minutes) will consist of:

·       6 true/false questions (0,5 pt/each)

·       6 multiple-choice questions (0.5 pt/each)

·       3 short questions (5 pt)

·       1 essay question (10 pt)

Attending Students:

Students will be examined on the following materials:

·      O. Pollicino, M. Bassini, G. De Gregorio, Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights, Bocconi University Press, 2022 (selected chapters).

·      Slides and class notes.

Non-Attending Students:

Students will be examined on the following materials:

·      O. Pollicino, M. Bassini, G. De Gregorio, Internet Law and Protection of Fundamental Rights, Bocconi University Press, 2022.

·      G.F. Ferrari (ed.), Introduction to Italian Public Law, 3rd ed., Giuffrè, 2022: only Chapter 1 (“Characteristics of the State”); Chapter 3 (“Forms of State and Forms of Government”); Chapter 13 (“European Sources of Law and Their Relationship with Domestic Sources of Law”); and Chapter 14 (“Fundamental rights and freedoms”).

·      Slides

·      Selected readings (book chapters, blog entries) and cases made available on Blackboard