Course detail

Information Systems Law

FP-PRISAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is designed to provide an overview of the legal aspects of the creation and use of ICT. In the absence of any other legal background, students it does not teach the basics of general law, but on the basis of the principle from the special to the general it maps all areas of law that are typical for ICT.
In particular, it covers topical subjects such as law in cyberspace, data protection, electronic documents and signatures, introduction to eGovernment, intellectual property protection, cyber security law, cybercrime.

 

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

JUDr. Ing. Jan Kopřiva, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Informatics (ÚI)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

oral examination

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide the student with a basic orientation in the legal aspects of the creation and use of ICT, both in the field of public and private law. 


The course is designed to provide an overview of the legal aspects of the creation and use of ICT. Due to the absence of any other legal education of students in the study programme, it does not combine the teaching of the basics of general law, but on the basis of the principle from the special to the general, it maps all areas of law that are typical for ICT.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MATES, P., SMEJKAL, V. E-government v České republice. Právní a technologické aspekty. 2. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2012. 456 s. ISBN 978-80-87576-36-6.
SMEJKAL, V. Kybernetická kriminalita. 3. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2022. 1166 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-849-5. (CS)
SMEJKAL, V., SOKOL, T., KODL, J. Bezpečnost informačních systémů podle zákona o kybernetické bezpečnosti. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2019. 378 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-765-8. (CS)
SRSTKA, Jiří a kol. Autorské právo a práva související. Vysokoškolská učebnice. 2. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2019, s. 201-232. ISBN 978-80-7502-386-5.

Recommended reading

LECHNER, T. Elektronické dokumenty v právní praxi. Praha: Leges, 2013. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-8757-641-0.
PORADA, V. a kol. Kriminalistika. Technické, forenzní a kybernetické aspekty. 2. vydání. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2019, 1205 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-741-2.
SPIRIT, M.: Základy práva pro neprávníky po rekodifikaci soukromého práva. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2015, 294 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-551.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

40 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

JUDr. Ing. Jan Kopřiva, Ph.D.