The integration of Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) in
our daily activities enables businesses
and individuals to inform, communicate,
and engage in transactions. This opens up
a wide spectrum of opportunities and a
variety of legal and regulatory issues. The
course examines the relationship between
ICT and Law in three principle areas:
- ICT Law: The first area develops the
different ICT generations (data processing,
multimedia, internet, social media,
mobile, etc.)
- Lebanese ICT laws
- International ICT laws (Europe, USA,
and others): The second and the third
areas examine ICT laws at a national and
international level. The following topics
will be covered:
- Digital rights, privacy, and security
(right to data protection, how data
processing should be regulated in the
information society, etc.);
- Intellectual property;
- Media and electronic communications
regulation (regulation of media and
communications, content regulation
of print media, broadcasting, and
problems relating the convergence of
media and communications);
- Media Law (legal regulation of mass
media publication, principally the press,
the broadcast media and institutionalized
internet publication, etc.);
- Internet Law;
- Electronic Commerce Law
(jurisdiction, payment systems,
interfacing ICT Law and Commercial
Law, etc.); and
- Electronic Government Law.
Language of Instruction: English (legal terms,
however, are also given in Arabic and French).