LAW5455 Chinese law and innovation policies
Faculty of Law
LAW5455 Chinese law and innovation policies is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Law. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Not offered
- Assessment
- Exam 35%
- and 2 other tasks
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2024 entry.
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Requisites
Before LAW5455
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After LAW5455
No unit lists LAW5455 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
For Juris Doctor students (L6005), you must have completed 72 points of study.
Overview
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.
Offerings in 2023
The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for LAW5455.
Assessment
- Class participationParticipation20%
- Take home exam35%
- Research projectProject45%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Describe how the institutions and nature of the Chinese legal system shape the content and administration of the law;
- 2
Articulate the connection between the rule of law, civil society and emerging technologies.
- 3
Examine the role of law in facilitating the formation, operation and regulation of private legal entities, and the commercial significance of law's role in this respect;
- 4
Observe the associated challenges to civil society caused by China's rapid technological development and appraise how the legal system responds to civil society issues;
- 5
Evaluate Chinese laws and regulations as to effectiveness, responsiveness and coherence;
- 6
Select the appropriate research tools to design and implement an efficient research strategy to answer research questions; and
- 7
Utilise skills of comparative legal analysis to objectively analyse a foreign legal environment.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
24 contact hours per semester (either intensive, semi-intensive or semester long, depending on the Faculty resources, timetabling and requirements). Students will be expected to do reading set for class, and to undertake additional research and reading applicable to a 6 credit point unit.
Learning resources
Required resources
See the Moodle unit page for prescribed and recommended resources. Prescribed texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library.
Where it fits
LAW5455 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2023 handbook.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW5455?
LAW5455 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is LAW5455 offered?
LAW5455 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.
Does LAW5455 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 35% of the final mark, alongside 2 other tasks.
Which majors and minors include LAW5455?
LAW5455 is part of Global society and human rights; and Technology and innovation.