University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Semester 2, 2001-02

IT.Law@hku.hk

(YLAW0006 broadening course)

Timetable and Reading

Last amended 30 April 2002

Wk	Wed.	Topic	Teacher(s)	Reading and Resources
1	23 Jan Class 1	1A. Introduction to the course / research resources 1B The Internet: its architecture and governance Introductions to cyberspace and the internet; Technical foundations ; the evolving Internet; Internet self-regulation?	Prof. Graham Greenleaf & Asst Prof Anna Tam Prof. Graham Greenleaf	Course home page resources Greenleaf Reading Guide 1 - Other resources G Greenleaf 1B The Internet: its architecture and governance (slides in HTML) Greenleaf Reading Guide 2. Structure and nature of cyberspace and its self-governance
2	30 Jan	No class	.	.
3	6 Feb Class 2	2A. IP (I) - Introduction to Intellectual Property rights 2B. IP (II) - Domain Names (.com, .hk and Chinese character names)	Asst Prof. Alice Lee Ms Gabriela Kennedy (Lovells)	Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights and IT Greenleaf Reading Guide 4. : Domain names
4	13 Feb	No class - Chinese New Year	.	.
5	20 Feb Class 3	3A. IP (III) - Software: Patents and copyright 3B IP (IV) - Protection of Internet resources	Assoc Prof Kevin Pun	Dr Kevin Pun Intellectual Property and the Internet (slides) Greenleaf Reading Guides 11. Copyright protection (I) and 12. Copyright protection (II)
6	27 Feb	No class	.	.
7	6 March Class 4	4A. Cryptography and attempts to control it Public key cryptography - Technical basis; uses (authentication, privacy etc); benefits and dangers; Attempts to control encryption; 4B Electronic Transactions Ordinance Digital signatures and `Public key infrastructure' (PKI); Hong Kong Electronic Transactions Ordinance; International standards - EU Directives etc	Asst Prof Anna Tam	A Tam Public Key Infrastructure & Electronic Transactions Ordinance (slides in PDF) Greenleaf Reading Guide 6. Attempts to control uses of encryption Greenleaf Reading Guide 7. Digital signatures and Electronic transactions legislation
8	13 March	No class - Reading Week	.	.
9	20 March Class 5	5A. Theories of cyberspace regulation Introduction to theories of Lessigand others 5B Privacy (I) - The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Hong Kong privacy Ordinanace - principles; International standards - data export prohibitions	Prof. Graham Greenleaf Asst Prof Anna Tam	G Greenleaf 'Theories of cyberspace regulation' (slides in HTML) Greenleaf Reading Guide 5 Theories of cyberspace regulation A Tam 'Privacy (II): Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance' (PDF of slides) Greenleaf Reading Guide 10 Privacy and surveillance
10	Monday 25 March Class 6 Wednesday 27 March No class	Professor Lawrence Lessig's Hochelaga Lectures on Cyberspace Regulation No class Wednesday - Monday attendance compulsory	Prof Lawrence Lessig, Stanford	Prof Lessig's Home Page Lawrence Lessig The Internet Under Siege Foreign Policy Magazine, Nov-Dec 2001
11	3 April	.No class	.	.
12	10 April Class 7	7A. Privacy (II) - Legal/technical protection of Internet privacy Cyberspace and surveillance technologies; 'Privacy enhancing technologies' (PETs) 7B E-security: Cybercrimes - Child pornography and the Internet	Prof. Graham Greenleaf Mr Michael Jackson	G Greenleaf 'Privacy (II) - Legal/technical protection of Internet privacy' (HTML of slides) G Greenleaf Reading Guide - Privacy in cyberspace M Jackson 'Child pornography and the Internet' (HTML of slides) G Greenleaf Reading Guide 9 eSecurity - Cyber-crime and cyber-terrorism
13	17 April	No class	.	.
14	24 April Class 8	8A. 'Borderless cyberspace' - Internet jurisdiction issues Is worldwide liabilty emerging? 8B Convergence and Communications Regulation	Prof. Graham Greenleaf Asst Prof Anna Tam	G Greenleaf . 'Borderless cyberspace' ? - Internet jurisdiction issues, and international agreements (HTML of slides) G Greenleaf Reading Guide 8 'Borderless' cyberspace A Tam Convergence and Communications Regulation in Hong Kong (PDF of slides)
15	1 May	Public Holiday - No class