Specialization seminar (proseminar) - International law of new technologies 2200-1F105

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Example range of topics:
International internet law
Cyberspace and international law
Artificial intelligence - legal aspects
Satellite and space technologies - legal aspects
Telecommunications - satellite communication
Operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)
Human rights, human rights limitations, right to privacy,
The impact of new technologies on contemporary armed conflicts

Term 2023:

Example range of topics:
International internet law
Cyberspace and international law
Artificial intelligence - legal aspects
Satellite and space technologies - legal aspects
Telecommunications - satellite communication
Operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (so-called drones)
Human rights, human rights limitations, right to privacy,
The impact of new technologies on contemporary armed conflicts

Prerequisites (description)

International law of new technologies is a seminar devoted to the directions of development of international legal regulations relating to new techniques and technologies as well as interactions between law, modern techniques and technologies and contemporary social and civilizational phenomena. Its purpose is to present international legal regulations in the field of e.g. telecommunications law, internet, space and satellite techniques, aviation techniques (drones), artificial intelligence. The assumption of the seminar is to indicate the mechanisms of creating international law of new technologies in its historical and social context; explanation of the origin and purpose of specific legal solutions; acquiring the ability to critically refer to the presented legal solutions, substantive assessment of positions and opinions presented on the international arena in the discussed area.

Course coordinators

Katarzyna Myszona-Kostrzewa

Type of course

proseminars

Mode

Classroom

Learning outcomes

Students know and understand
- legal regulations in the field of selected fields (provided for in the program of the seminar) of international law of new technologies;
- the specificity of international law as a separate legal system;
- jurisprudence of international courts and mechanisms of binding and applying international law in the internal legal order;
- causes and ways of creating international law of new technologies;
- mechanisms of functioning of the international law of new technologies in international relations;
- dependencies that exist between particular branches of international law;
- terminology relevant to international law;
- the specificity of the functioning of contemporary international law in relations between its subjects;
- challenges posed to the international law of new technologies by contemporary international relations and the development of technology;
- requirements of compliance of Polish law with international law and EU law.

Assessment criteria

papers, active participation in seminars

Bibliography

A. Renenger, Satellite Tracking and the Right to Privacy, Hastings Law Journal 2001-2002, vol. 53
Z. Kulińska-Kępa "Human rights (with particular regard to the right to privacy) and satellite navigation" (w:) K.Myszona-Kostrzewa "Legal and political aspects of the Use of European Satellite Navigation Systems Galileo and EGNOS" Warsaw 2018;
I Marboe, Human Rights Consideration for Space Activities, in: In Heaven as on Earth? The Interaction of Public International Law on the Legal Regulation of Outer Space, S. Hobe, S. Freeland (eds.), Cologne 2013, p. 135-149.
F. G.von der Dunk , Legal Aspect of Navigation. The Case for Privacy and Liability: An Introduction for Non-lawyers, Coordinates, May 2015, vol. 11, No. 5, p. 9.

J. Kulesza, Międzynarodowe prawo internetu, 2014
M. Adamski, J. Rachel, Bezzałogowe statki powietrzne, Dęblin 2013;
N. Grzesik, Zaawansowane systemy uzbrojenia lotniczego, Dęblin 2011;
A. Kuptel, Zastosowanie bezzałogowych systemów powietrznych w aspekcie militarnym, Warszawa 2014;
W. Misztalski, Z. Świątnicki, R. Wantoch-Rekowski, Inteligentne roboty wojskowe, Warszawa 2001;
M. Szuniewicz (red.), Automatyzacja i robotyzacja współczesnego pola walki wyzwaniem dla prawa międzynarodowego, Gdynia 2015 .

Term 2023:

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