• To encourage students to discover the necessary legal knowledge to deal with issues arising from cyber commercial and industrial matters;
• To encourage students to critically think about the connection between the law and various issues arising from internet activities;
• To equip students with the ability to apply both common law principles and legislation in relation to activities that occur on the Internet
• To provide guidance and advice as legal consultants to cyber industrial and commercial undertakings and to be aware of the key issues relating to the future development of cyber law in Hong Kong

Examination

Students' ability to identify and apply legal rules and principles to particular sets of hypothetical circumstances will be tested.

Students' ability to apply legal rules and principles to particular sets of hypothetical circumstances and to critically analyse and evaluate legal principles and doctrines will be tested.

The use of Generative AI tools is not allowed.

Grading of Student Achievement:

Assessment will be by continuous assessment, by coursework and by examination

The apportionment of marks will be:-

Performance in inter-active small group sessions : 10%

Assignment : 40%

Examination : 50%

Examination duration : Three hours/two hours

Grading pattern : Standard (A+ A A- ... F)

Applicable to students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 50% in each of the coursework and the examination elements of the assessment. Coursework for this purpose means those ways in which students are assessed otherwise than by the end of session examination.

Applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 and thereafter

To pass this course, students must obtain a minimum of 40% in each of the coursework and the examination elements of the assessment. Coursework for this purpose means those ways in which students are assessed otherwise than by the end of session examination.

The portion of the overall mark allocated to performance/participation in inter-active class activities will be assessed on the quality of the participation.

The duration of the examination will be at the discretion of the course leader. The course leader will announce the duration of the examination in the first week of the course. Similarly the course leader will announce whether the examination will be closed book or open book.

To enable the full benefit to be obtained from this course, students should attend all of the classes and activities.

Assessment will be formative to enable students to demonstrate their capacity to understand, analyse and apply rules and principles and summative to assess ability to synthesise primary and secondary material to solve novel problems.