Law & Tech

This course, which is co-taught by law professor Alexander Stremitzer, fellow in law and technology Aileen Nielsen, and PhD student Jakob Merane, introduces students scientific and technological developments that require regulation or enable legal innovation. We focus particularly on the challenges to current law posed by prominent near-future technologies.

The course is intended for a wide range of engineering students as well as for law students interested in acquiring a better understanding of state-of-the-art technology. The course will combine both an overview of major areas of law that are relevant for the regulation of technology and guest lectures on new technological developments.

The course is open to ETH students through the Science in Perspective program of the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences.

The writing assignment can be accessed here.