ML: Engineering Law and the State (Hurwitz)
Faculty
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| Justin (Gus) Hurwitz Fellow, Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition ghurwitz@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
None
Grading
20% Participation,
30% Paper,
50% Other (There will be two assignments during the course of the semester, each worth 25% of the final grade.)
No
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
- If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can make PowerPoint slides or other class materials available to you.
Meeting Times/Location
T 5:30PM - 8:15PM
Gittis Hall 214
Category
Masters in Law
Credits
3.0
ML: Engineering, Law and the State SNF Paideia Program Course
This course explores the relationship between engineering, law, and the state, to develop an understanding, on the one hand, of the mechanisms by which technology affects political processes and, on the other hand, how political processes regulate technological designs. It does so by using engineering principles as a lens to introduce and discuss foundational concepts from political philosophy, jurisprudence (legal theory), positive political theory, and economics. In so doing, it brings engineering disciplines into dialogue with the humanities and social sciences, facilitating dialogue between students from across those disciplines.
Intellectual Property and Technology Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of intellectual property law; Perform legal analysis in the context of intellectual property law; Communicate effectively on topics related to intellectual property; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between technology and intellectual property, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.