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LAWS6343: International Law and Technology
2025 unit information
Advances in technology pose new challenges for international governance. In an increasingly inter-connected world, new technology raises legal issues relating to its use, distribution and control. This unit will focus on the response of the international community to technological progress across the different specialised regimes in international law. The unit will commence with an overview of the framework of international law and international courts and the challenges relating to the regulation of new technology. This unit will then consider the intersection of technology and key specialised regimes in international law, focusing on Trade, Environment, Law of the Sea, Health, Crime, Use of Armed Force and Intellectual Property Rights. The unit will be taught using case studies, allowing students to discuss and analyse specific examples of new technology and international regulation. Refer to the Sydney Law School timetable - https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable
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Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. critically analyse the international legal response to new technology, including a thorough examination of relevant international legal instruments and organisations.
- LO2. evaluate the policy challenges and implications of regulating new technology, especially in the context of intersecting specialised areas of international law.
- LO3. assess current debates on technological progress and the underlying policy arguments influencing regulation using sound, logically structured legal arguments and communicating these to diverse audiences.
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Intensive May - June 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2b 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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