Internet Law(HUK361)
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUK361 | Internet Law | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| Admission Requirements |
| Language of Instruction | Turkish |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Course Level | Bachelor Degree |
| Course Instructor(s) | Emine Eylem AKSOY RETORNAZ eaksoy@gsu.edu.tr (Email) Bengisu MERT bmert@gsu.edu.tr (Email) |
| Assistant | |
| Objective | The objective of this course is to examine the problems that arise due to the use of the Internet and the offenses committed on the Internet and to assess responsibility. |
| Content | Legislation, court decisions and legal problems related to internet law will be examined. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
1. List the concepts and institutions related to Internet Law and the relations between these concepts and institutions. 2. To be aware of the legal regulations, judicial decisions, their development and scientific evaluations related to the Internet. 3. Identify the relationship between developing technology, the Internet and law and monitors, examines, interprets, evaluates and criticizes current legislative texts, judicial decisions and scientific sources in the field with the methods provided by legal methodology. 4. List the problems encountered in the practice of Internet Law. 5. Solve the legal problems encountered in the practice of Internet Law. 6. Learn to inform the relevant persons and institutions on issues related to Internet Law; conveys his/her thoughts and suggestions for solutions to problems in written and verbally. 7. Defend and protects the character of the Republic of Turkey as a democratic, secular and social state of law based on the fundamental principles set forth at the beginning of the Constitution, respectful to human rights, loyal to Atatürk's nationalism, within the peace of society, national solidarity and sense of justice. 8. Have the honesty, justice and ethics required by being a lawyer. 9. Have the ability to try to ensure that concrete disputes are resolved fairly, follow legal regulations and have the infrastructure to take part in the judicial process within this framework. 10. Have competence in perceiving and solving legal problems in terms of the law that is and should be, having internalized the universal principles of law. |
| Teaching and Learning Methods | Lectures and tutorial |
| References |
MURRAY Andrew, Information Technology Law, 5th edition, Oxford University Press, 2023. KAYA Mehmet Bedii, İnternet Hukuku, İstanbul: On iki levha, 2021COLOMINA Carme, Héctor MARGALEF Sánchez, YOUNGS Richard, The Impact of Disinformation on Democratic Processes and Human Rights in the World, European Parliament, Policy Department, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, 2021. COUNCIL OF EUROPE, Content Moderation: Best Practices Towards Effective Legal and Procedural Frameworks for Self-Regulatory and Co-Regulatory Mechanisms of Content Moderation, Guidance Note Adopted by the Steering Committee for Media and Information Society, 2021. ÖZTEKİN ALP, Türk İnternet Hukuku, Seçkin, 2. Bası, 2023 |
Theory Topics
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Concepts of Internet Law |
| 2 | Actors of Internet |
| 3 | Service provider |
| 4 | Host Provider |
| 5 | Content provider |
| 6 | Access blocking and filtering |
| 7 | Net neutrality and Human Rights |
| 8 | Council of Europe and Internet |
| 9 | Money Mules |
| 10 | Social Engineering, Phishing |
| 11 | Fake News and Freedom of Speech |
| 12 | Disseminating misleading information |
| 13 | Surveillance and Privacy |
| 14 | Right to be Forgotten |
Practice Topics
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Contribution to Overall Grade
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 4 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 6 |
| Toplam | 2 | 10 |
In-Term Studies
| Number | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Toplam | 0 | 0 |
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | |||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 38 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 1,52 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||