Global Digital Law and Politics

Harvard Summer School

LSTU S-133

Section 1

CRN 35571

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This course aims to provide students with an overview of issues relating to the relationships between digital technologies, politics, and law. It also introduces students to theoretical frameworks for examining the mutually interactive relationships between technology, law, and social order, where technology is both an object and source of governance. The course covers contemporary issues such as cyberlaw, digital infrastructures, surveillance, platforms and informational capitalism, datafication, privacy, data protection, the role of platforms in the governance of online speech, intermediary liability, blockchain, financial technologies, and the relationship between technology and inequality.

Instructor Info

Roxana Vatanparast, PhD

Fellow, Transatlantic Technology Law Forum, Stanford Law School


Meeting Info

MTWTh 6:30pm - 9:30pm (6/24 - 7/11)

Participation Option: On Campus

Deadlines

Last day to register: June 20, 2024

Notes

Not open to Secondary School Program students.

Syllabus

All Sections of this Course

CRN Section # Participation Option(s) Instructor Section Status Meets Term Dates
35571 1 On Campus Roxana Vatanparast Open MTWTh 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Jun 24 to Jul 11