3 ECTS
This course introduces students to contracting in the information technology field. We will adopt a practical approach to exploring the fundamentals of how contracts are concluded; issues in cross-border contracting; main types of ICT transactions (distribution, licensing and services agreements); smart contracts and the Blockchain; intellectual property in ICT contracting, non-disclosure and confidentiality clauses, inkless contracts, and contract enforcement.
- Teacher: Agnese Gerharde
3 ECTS
The course consists of four related parts. The first part introduces students to the basic notions of money, credit, interest rates, and financial markets. The second part focuses on banks, banking risks and regulation, central banking and financial system, in connection with money supply and demand. The third part addresses the institutional structure, goals, strategy and operating procedures of the European Central Bank. The fourth part is devoted to discussing the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the context of an open economy.
- Teacher: Paolo Paesani
3 ECTS
ESG became one of the most popular acronyms which entails Environment, Society and Governance (Corporate Governance). The aim of the course is to present what is behind this acronym with more detail. It is also accompanied by major pieces of EU legislation which has evolved over the years, e.g. SFRD, CSRD, CS3D and others. The topic will be accompanied by recent legislative initiatives on EU financial sector such as introduction of green bonds standard as well as the amendment of CRD IV.
- Teacher: Jaroslaw Beldowski
3ECTS
The course offers a combination of criminological and socio-legal analysis of cybercrime together with a wider understanding of important cybersecurity issues. Initially, the course will focus on cybercrime and will provide an in depth understanding of the different types of cybercrime and online deviance from hacking and hacktivism to cyberstalking, online fraud and online piracy. During these sessions, we will discuss cybercriminal practices and techniques, relevant legal developments and practical challenges in terms of dealing with these crimes. Moreover, the course will look at the practical and ethical principles relating to digital forensic investigations that relate to the uncovering and prosecuting of cybercrimes and other crimes involving digital evidence.
Subsequently the course will focus on important cybersecurity issues such as organisational risk management and incident response mechanisms and will also offer an analysis of the phenomenon of cyberwarfare, which is has generated heated discussions in terms of attribution of cyberattacks and also regarding the mitigation of the impact of such attacks. Finally, the course will close with a forward-looking overview of the future of digital crime, as it will be facilitated by the development of the Internet of Things, where extensive interconnectivity of a multitude of device and the immediate processing of huge amounts of data will change the ways crime is committed and policed.
- Teacher: Vasileios Karagiannopoulos
3 ECTS
The course aims at providing students with an in-depth knowledge of the basic features of European Company Law, with a comparative analysis, also outside the scope of the EU, of the most relevant features of the companies (e.g.: profit purpose, directors’ duties).
We will analyse the freedom of establishment in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and some harmonized areas of company law, with a specific focus on company’s purpose and corporate governance issues.
- Teacher: Sara Addamo
- Teacher: Alessio Bartolacelli
For the purposes of the Law and Finance Master programme(s) the field of International Law which is most relevant is International Economic Law. This field covers economic, trade and financial relations between States and non-State actors. It also refers to relevant EU law on foreign trade and freedom of movement of capital, services and goods. Law and Finance programme(s) is not designed to provide students with extended and in-depth study of International Economic Law, but it is necessary to give students an overview of the main concepts and sources of international law which appertain to International Law as such but are inevitably the basis for International Economic Law. The purpose of the overview of relevant international law concepts and sources of international law is to equip the students of the Law and Finance Master programme(s) to recognize the relevant economic and financial issues subject to international law regulation, to be aware of the relevant global debate and challenges as well as to know where to look for relevant sources and material for a further investigation.
- Teacher: Ieva Freija-Pekati
- Teacher: Ieva Miļūna
- Teacher: Ineta Ziemele