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S. Anonymity and Privacy

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Course Information

Course Number
L7777
Curriculum Level
Upperclass
Areas of Study
Constitutional Law, Human Rights, National Security and Privacy
Type
Seminar
Additional Attributes
New Course

Section 001 Information

Instructor

Section Description

Instructor: Alex Abdo. Note: This course will meet at the Engineering School, room TBA.

The First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution—which guarantee free speech and prohibit unreasonable governmental searches and seizures—have been implicated in dramatic ways by the rise of the Internet and related technologies. On the one hand, the Internet has created “the most participatory marketplace of mass speech that this country—and indeed the world—has yet seen,” and it has enabled new forms of secure communication. On the other, it has created unprecedented opportunities for surveillance and corporate control. This seminar will bring together professors and select students from the law school and computer science to discuss these issues. Classes will cover both the technical and legal aspects of free speech, anonymity and privacy in today’s online world.

School Year & Semester
Spring 2026
Points
2
Method of Evaluation
Paper
J.D Writing Credit?
No

Learning Outcomes

Primary
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in statutory and regulatory analysis, including close reading of statutes and regulations, and application to facts
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in use of other disciplines in the analysis of legal problems and institutions, e.g., philosophy; economics,other social sciences; and cultural studies
  • At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in various lawyering skills, for example, oral advocacy, written advocacy, collaboration and teamwork

Course Limitations

Instructor Pre-requisites
None
Instructor Co-Requisites
None
Requires Permission
No
Recommended Courses
None
Other Limitations
None