LAW5455 Chinese law and innovation policies

This unit aims to equip future cross-cultural lawyers and technology policy-makers with the ability to understand the relationship between business and technology laws and issues of civil society in China. The unit focuses on China's complex internet and cyber security laws and innovation policies, including China's widespread roll out of artificial intelligence pilots such as facial recognition and self-driving cars.

Students undertake a collaborative research project (a mock business venture) that evaluates Chinese laws and regulations as to their effectiveness, responsiveness and coherence.

Classes will focus on preparedness for practice in an international legal environment or in a role formulating emerging technology policies. Classes include class exercises and interactive seminars.

Students will gain an overview of the Chinese legal system while focusing on the most important technological issues facing China and the world. China is now the vanguard on many of these complex legal and regulatory issues such as artificial intelligence policy and therefore merits our immediate attention.