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LEFIS and Master’s Programmes at Mykolas Romeris University
Prof. Dr. Rimantas Petrauskas Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania)
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Information Technology Law Masters Programme
DIPLOMA AWARDED
Master of Laws (Information Technology Law)
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RELATED MASTER’S PROGRAMMES AT MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY:
E-Government, Public administration, Law and Management, Economics, Law (IPL)
Related to LEFIS subjects: Legal Environment of E-government, E-services, E-health, E-commerce, Development of Information Society in the EU, Information Technologies in Public Administration.
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AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT:
new legal processes and phenomena in the networked society;
New legal regulation models and principles pertaining to ICT;
to form the abilities and competences to manage ICT, facilitating legal decision making and common legal tasks.
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AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
– Study programme aims at training the lawyers with special knowledge and skills necessary for serving the information society and facing legal challenges of the ICTs.
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AIMS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
Study programme aims to deliver : theoretical knowledge and practical skills of
the legal disciplines pertaining to/spawned by the ICT;
theoretical knowledge and practical skills of ICT application in legal work.
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VARIABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME
Transformations of traditional institutes. Variability of the Information technology law. Requests to analyze changes and to adjust
master programme of information technology law
Needs of more universal master’s programmes for smaller countries or markets.
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VARIABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME
During the processes of Programme design Mykolas Romeris University was consulting with INFOBALT (ITT forum in the region of Baltic states), which supports education, science and programmes promoting development of the information society.
Participating in the projects guided by the Ministry of Interior of Lithuania, and Information Society Development Committee under Lithuanian government helps to make analyses of stakeholders needs.
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VARIABILITY OF THE PROGRAMME
Participating in the AEQUITAS, SAFARI (Strengthening Capacities of Authorities Dealing with IT and Data Security) and other projects helps for Mykolas Romeris University, working together with public administration institutions and private sector, to exam current situation and needs of preparing training programmes for governmental institutions staff and to use this information for preparation of study programmes.
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CONTENT OF THE IT LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
STUDY PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF THE SUBJECTS IN LAW AND THE SUBJECTS PERTINENT TO LAW AND ICT, INCLUDING:
the intellectual property rights in cyberspace telecommunications law e-commerce law (including e-signatures) data protection and data security legal environment of e – government Internet law etc.
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1st semester
Courses Offered:
Subject ECTS credits
Type of examination
Legal Regulation of Electronic Communications
4.5 Exam
Intellectual Property in Cyberspace 6 Exam Information Technology and Law 6 Exam E-Governance 4.5 Exam Research Work 3 Pass/Fall Additional Courses Offered Legal Statistics 4.5 Exam Theories of information society 4,5 Exam
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2nd semester
Courses Offered:
Subject ECTS
credits Type of
examination Legal Regulation of E-commerce 6 Exam Internet Law 4.5 Exam Computer Crimes and Their Prevention
4.5 Exam
Research Work 15 Pass/Fall
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3rd semester
Courses offered:
Subject ECTS credits Type of
examination Data Protection and Data Security 4,5 Exam Artificial Intelligence and Law 4.5 Exam E-Democracy 4,5 Exam Master Thesis 21 Defending
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LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COMPETENCES
GENERAL COMPETENCES:Capacity for:Applying knowledge in practice;Generating new ideas. Research skills. Information management skills (capability to
analyze information from different sources).
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
LEGAL REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS:
Capability to understand the main principles and categories in the field of legal regulation of electronic communications.
Knowledge of particularities of electronic communications sector.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
LEGAL REGULATION OF E-COMMERCE:
Capability to use legal provisions in E-commerce; Knowledge of principles and regulation of E-
signature; Knowledge of the mechanism of the financial flows
and their control in the electronic commerce.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CYBERSPACE:
Capability to analyze transformations of intellectual property and importance within the information society;
Knowledge of the principles for harmonisation, as well as non-legal protection forms thereof.
Knowledge of the newest intellectual property paradigms e.g. alternative intellectual-information property.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LAW:
Knowledge of theoretical and practical models of cyberspace and ICT
Role of ICT in the legal decision making and common legal tasks
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
E-GOVERNANCE: Understanding of the impact of ICT to the
development of social governance. Knowledge of the E-Governance principles,
goals and trends. Understanding legal regulation facilitating E-
Governance.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
DATA PROTECTION AND DATA SECURITY: Knowledge of main categories of data protection and
data security. Knowledge of theoretical and practical models of
data protection and data security and alternative mechanisms of regulation.
Capability to interpret practical models of personal data protection and security.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
COMPUTER CRIME AND PREVENTION: Capability to recognize and comprehend
computer related/facilitated violations of the law.
Capability to identify, qualify and evaluate computer related infringements.
Capability to engage legal process in the electronic environment.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
INTERNET LAW: Capability to define jurisdiction in cyber
space, Knowledge of theoretical and practical
models of internet regulation and alternative regulation mechanisms.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LAW: Knowledge of methods and techniques of artificial
intelligence systems applicable in law and management domain.
Capability to combine the theoretical insights with the abilities to form practical perspectives on the learned artificial intelligence methods and techniques to computerize rational reasoning methods, and to consequently apply in practice.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
E-DEMOCRACY:
Capability to define reasons of E-democracy. Capability to analyze definitions and
peculiarities of e-participation.
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COMPETENCES OFF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS
LEGAL STATISTICS: Knowledge of the ways for collections of
legal information, multi-functional statistical analysis methods, use of them for evaluation of statistical relations and reasons, by identifying logical regularity.
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RESEARCH WORK
Research work aims at developing the skills
of independent scientific and practical (applied) research in the field of IT law, allowing master students to effectively embrace all the elements of the master’s studies plan.
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Final Master’s Thesis
Studies end with Final Master’s Thesis, which is continuation of the research work.
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Final Master’s Thesis
THE MOST POPULAR IT LAW FIELDS FOR MASTER’S THESIS ARE:
Intellectual property law, Legal problems of E-governance, Electronic communication and law, E-commerce, E-contract and E-signature laws, Cyber crimes, Data protection and data security, Information society law.
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Statistics of Defended Final Master’s Thesis in 2005/2006
Cybercrime10%
Legal environment of E-Government
20%
Data protection, privacy & security
15%
E-Commerce34%
Intellectual property in
Cyberspace15%
Legal aspects of ICT6%
Cybercrime
Legal environment of E-Government
Data protection, privacy &security
E-Commerce
Intellectual property inCyberspace
Legal aspects of ICT
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW MASTERS PROGRAMME
Mykolas Romeris UniversityLithuania, Vilnius
rpetraus@ mruni.lt