Legal Regulation of E-Commerce

Course: Intellectual Property

Structural unit: Education and Research Law School

Title
Legal Regulation of E-Commerce
Code
ВБ.1.5.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
The objectives of the course are aimed at acquiring the following competencies: to have specialized conceptual knowledge acquired in the process of studying the concept, features and forms of e-commerce, the legal status of e-commerce entities and consumers of e-commerce services; analyze problems related to the practice of organizing and conducting electronic auctions and electronic public procurement, software development and implementation of IT outsourcing projects; know the procedures, conditions, directions, risks and regulatory requirements for the use of electronic money and electronic payment systems; be able to resolve complex problems and legal issues of improving domestic legislation in the field of e-commerce in accordance with the European standards, which requires updating and integration of knowledge, often in conditions of incomplete/insufficient information and conflicting requirements.
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites for mastering the discipline: 1. Know the basic requirements established by the legislation of Ukraine for activities in the field of e-commerce, procedures for the application of international electronic payment systems, legal principles of electronic bidding, auctions, regulatory requirements for software, national and international sources. 2. Be able to assess, determine the legal significance and objectives of legal institutions in the field of e-commerce, to characterize the main activities in relevant areas of legal regulation, to determine the specifics of concluding and executing e-commerce transactions, the use of information infrastructure in IT outsourcing, to characterize the main ways of circulating information in the field of e-commerce, as well as ways to protect the information rights of consumers of services purchased through the Internet.
Course content
"Legal Regulation of E-Commerce" course is part of the cycle of professional training of specialists of "Master" educational level in "Law", educational program "Intellectual Property" at the Education and Research Law School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The course covers the following: e-commerce as the basis of the national digital economy; general characteristics of the mechanism of legal regulation of activities in the fields of e-commerce under the legislation of Ukraine; legal status of e-commerce entities; forms, directions and tools of e-commerce; legal regulation of the use of electronic payment systems and the results of electronic trust services; legal status of the subject of e-commerce, types and forms of their activity.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Encyclopedia of social humanitarian informology / project coordinator and ed. prof. K. I. Belyakov. Kyiv : Helvetica Publishing House, 2020. Vol. 1. 472 p. 2. Encyclopedia of social humanitarian informology / project coordinator and ed. prof. K. I. Belyakov. Kyiv : Helvetica Publishing House, 2021. Vol. 2. 363 p. 3. Zayarnyi O. A. Development of main institutions in the field of information law in the works of law scientists of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 1991 to 2021. Journal of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Legal sciences. 2021. No 3 (118). P. 32–37. 4. IT LAW / Yavorska L. S., Tarasenko L. L., Martyn V. M., Samagalska Yu. Ya. et al. ; ed. Yavorska O. S. Lviv : Levada Publishing House, 2017. 470 p. 5. Patsuria N. B., Zayarnyi O. A. Cyber insurance as a means of ensuring administrative legal order in the information sphere: concept, mechanism and conditions of implementation. Law of Ukraine. 2021. No 7. P. 13–29.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The study of the course includes lectures and practical classes; independent work of students in preparation for seminars; performance of individual tasks by students; conducting a colloquium; case study.
Assessment methods and criteria
Types of ongoing performance evaluation can be: solving practical cases, short surveys, reports, preparation of draft individual or legal acts, module tests, intermediate evaluation. With the current type of evaluation during the seminars, the following should be assessed: the level of knowledge demonstrated by a student in their answers, readiness to discuss the issues of the seminar, regular work in the classroom, the results of homework completion. The discipline is taught in two semesters. 7 days before the beginning of the examination session, the teacher who conducts the seminars stops holding interviews with the students who missed the assignments. For students who did not score a minimum number of points during the semester, a final test is conducted, the maximum score for which may not exceed 24 points. For students who have scored 22-23 points, the teacher conducting the seminar provides the opportunity to obtain additional points by conducting an oral interview.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Oleh A. Zaiarnyi
Intellectual Property and Information Law Department
Education and Research Law School

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Intellectual Property and Information Law Department
Education and Research Law School