6 ECTS credits
150 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023298EER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
This course proposes an ambitious introduction into and a review of the various legal issues that surround the phenomena of human augmentation. The phenomena of human augmentation is not new, but it is one that is becoming of increasing importance. This trend will only accelerate in the future as both the technological possibilities for augmentation and the societal willingness to accept them expand. Human Augmentation will become of notable importance in a range of sectors and activities.
This course will examine an area of key legal importance and the issues surrounding them. The backbone of this will be 10 lectures (hoorcolleges). Lectures I & II will available online for all participant in the EUTOPIA programme. This will allow other students (who are not involved in the course directly to participate). Innovative teaching methods will be used based on a blended learning approach. All lectures will be recorded and available for later access in order to aid students with revision purposes. Each will be 3 hours long and will tackle specific areas.
Group Work
In this session students will be split into smaller more manageable groups and given a collective exercise that requires the analysis of the application of the law to a practical case of innovation in human augmentation which will be their written assignment. It will therefore be of a multi-disciplinary character. In week 5 the students will be given more information on their written assignment, in week 10 the students will present the first phase of their practical case, providing them with the opportunity to get some feedback from their fellow students and ask further questions and guidance.
The paper has to be handed in at the oral exam.
Students will receive a firm foundation in the most important legal approaches surrounding potentially one of the most significant forms of innovation in the 21st century. In doing so they will not only learn about how the law applies to a specific issue but will learn how various legal approaches interact with each other.
Students will deal with legal issues that will reinforce what they have learned from other law modules in their studies.This includes in areas such as criminal law, various forms of contractual and non contractual liability, human rights and antidiscrimination law. Whilst the focus of the course will be upon European law, illustrative examples using national law will be used.
In addition, students will receive a reinforced level of instruction on areas of law that are critical to the developing knowledge economy. This includes laws relating to the development of medical devices, the use of human tissue, the European Data Protection Framework and Intellectual Property law.
Students will also learn how to work in a focused and interdisciplinary manner. This will differ from other courses which offer a more doctrinal approach. Rather it will focus on the emergence of a new technological paradigm and require the students to consider various legal approaches that will apply to it. This will provide the students with skills in terms of an applied law approach, something that will be useful after study in practice or further research.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 40% of the final mark.
SELF Teamwork determines 10% of the final mark.
SELF Presentation determines 10% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 40% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Teamwork category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Examination Structure:
40% Written paper
10 % Results of group work session
10% Defence of the paper on the exam
40% Oral exam on the course material
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Laws: Dual Master in Comparative Corporate and Financial Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Civil and Procedural Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminology (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Economic Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Tax Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: International and European Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Public Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Social Law (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Laws: Criminal Law (only offered in Dutch)