Law · Boston College
In this seminar, we will analyze the laws governing money, banking, and finance and how those laws relate to technological innovation. Instead of treating innovation as exogenous to law, we will examine how law shapes innovation. Themes include power over data, knowledge, communications, media, and culture, as well as financial surveillance.Students will engage with diverse theories of financial innovation; deepen their understanding of relevant statutes, regulations, doctrines, constitutional provisions, international agreements, industry rules and norms, and community customs; and develop a