European studies

VINCENZO VIETRI

Course Description – "Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Private Law"

The course "Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Private Law" provides students with the necessary tools to understand the interactions between intelligent technologies, privacy protection, and private law, through an interdisciplinary approach focused on the critical analysis of emerging legal challenges.
1. Knowledge and Understanding
Students will acquire an integrated understanding of the fundamental concepts of artificial intelligence, the right to personal data protection (particularly the GDPR), and the core categories of private law as they apply to digital contexts. The course also explores theoretical and systemic implications of deploying intelligent technologies within legal relationships.
2. Applying Knowledge and Understanding
Students will be able to apply acquired legal tools to analyze real-world cases where AI impacts fundamental rights and private law relations, such as automated decision-making, profiling, and the use of personal data in digital contracts. They will also develop the ability to identify and assess emerging regulatory challenges.
3. Making Judgements
Students will develop the capacity to formulate autonomous and well-reasoned critical judgments regarding the adequacy of existing legal norms, the compatibility between emerging technologies and legal principles, and the identification of appropriate regulatory responses. Ethical implications of technological choices in the legal domain will also be considered.
4. Communication Skills
Students will be able to clearly and rigorously communicate complex legal arguments, both orally and in writing, addressing both specialist and non-specialist audiences (e.g., engineers, legal professionals, policymakers, or the general public).
5. Learning Skills
The course fosters independent and interdisciplinary learning skills, enabling students to critically and proactively follow the evolving legal and technological landscape concerning AI, privacy, and private law, both in academic and professional contexts.