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Digital Legal Studies: Constitutionalism in the Digital Age - HASO17
Title: Digital Legal Studies: Constitutionalism in the Digital Age
Guaranteed by: International Office (22-ZO)
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level: basic
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Devrim Kabasakal Badamchi, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): Devrim Kabasakal Badamchi, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : HPOP0000, HPOP3000, HP0681
Annotation
Constitutionalism in the Digital Age
Recent decades have seen rapid digital transformations affecting individuals’ daily lives, as well as the structures and operations of governments and businesses. These changes have spurred the emergence of new regulatory frameworks that transcend national borders—what we might call societal constitutional domains or constitutional fragments. The Internet, in particular, has become a vital social space, generating its own constitutional orders—rights, duties, and limits on power—outside traditional state structures.
Building on this premise, the course explores how digital transformation gives rise to new constitutional challenges. First, we examine what it means to have a “constitution” in the digital age, and how constitutional norms operate in a global, digital society. Second, we reflect on the ethical and normative dimensions of these societal transformations. Third, we investigate specific domains where digital constitutional norms are emerging, such as the regulation of speech, misinformation, cybersecurity, data protection, and intellectual property rights.
Last update: Marešová Svatava, Ing. (25.06.2025)
Syllabus

1.      1. Constitutionalism, Constitutional Fragments, and the Digital World

2.     2. Ethical Aspects of the Digital Transformation of Society

3.     3. Democracy and the Digital Transformation of Society

4.     4. Free Speech and Regulation of Speech in Social Media

5.      5. Misinformation and Fake News in the Digital Space

6.     6. Regulation of Digital Content – EU and the Digital Services Act (DSA)

7.      7. Regulation of Digital Content – Examples from the US and Canada

8.      8. AI and Algorithmic Fairness

9.      9.Cybersecurity and Cybercrime 

10.  10. Data Protection in the Digital World

Last update: Marešová Svatava, Ing. (25.06.2025)
 
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