Information Technology Law
eaksoy@gsu.edu.tr
bmert@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
analysis of new standards and approaches that can respond to the rapid development of new technologies
Course Content
Legal issues related to the development of new technologies will be examined.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. To list the concepts and institutions related to technology and law and the relationships between these concepts and institutions.
2. To be aware of the legal regulations, judicial decisions, their development and scientific evaluations related to informatics and technology.
3. To identify the relationship between developing technology 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. To list the problems encountered in the practice of Information Technology Law.
5. To solve the legal problems encountered in the application of InformationTechnology Law.
6. To learn to inform the relevant persons and institutions on issues related to Information Technology Law; convey thoughts and suggestions for solutions to problems in written and verbally.
7. To defend and protect 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. To have the honesty, justice and ethics required by being a lawyer.
9. To have the ability to try to ensure that concrete disputes are resolved fairly, to follow legal regulations and to take part in the judicial process within this framework.
10. To have embraced the universal principles of law; has the competence to perceive and solve legal problems in terms of the law that is and should be.
Teaching and Learning Methods
lectures and tutorials
References
Anaïk Purenne, Anne Wuilleumier, L’introduction des Technologies de Surveillance dans le Travail Policier: Facteur de Changement ou de Réassurance ? Vol: 61, Rev: 2011-, Technologies, Droit et Justice
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Berrin Akbulut, Bilişim Alanında Suçlar, Adalet Yayınevi, 2. Baskı, 2017.
Christopher T. Marsden, Internet Co-Regulation European Law, Regulatory Governance and Legitimacy in Cyberspace, Cambridge Press, 2011.
Eric Goldman, Internet Law: Cases & Materials Paperback,Santa Clara University, 2017
George Curtis, The Law of Cybercrimes and Their Investigations, CRC Press, 2011
Georgia Martha Gkotsi ,Les Neurosciences au Tribunal: de la responsabilité à la dangerosité, 2015, Originally published at : Thesis, University of Lausanne
Gloria González Fuster ,The Emergence of Personal Data Protection as a Fundamental Right of the EU (Law, Governance and Technology Series Book:16), Springer Publication, 2014
James Grimmelmann ,Internet Law: Cases & Problems Paperback,Semaphore Press, Seventh Edition, 2017
Laura Pignatel, Victor Geneves, Etat de l’art ”droit et neurosciences”,Rapport de recherche, Mission de recherche Droit & Justice, 2016.
Metin Turan, Alman Bilişim Hukuku, Adalet Yayınevi, 1. Baskı, 2017
Mohamed Chawki, Ashraf Darwish, Mohammad Ayoub Khan, Sapna Tyagi, Cybercrime, Digital Forensics and Jurisdiction (Studies in Computational Intelligence),Springer; 2015 edition (February 26, 2015)
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Thomas K. Clancy,Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence Materials and Cases
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Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
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| 1 | Notions of information technology law |
| 2 | Notions of information technology law |
| 3 | Civil liability and artificial intelligence |
| 4 | Criminal liability and artificial intelligence |
| 5 | Facial recognition and human rights |
| 6 | Blockchaine and crypto assets |
| 7 | Big data and law |
| 8 | Metaverse and law |
| 9 | Undue access to a computer system (art. 243 TPC) |
| 10 | Deteoriation of data (art. 244 TPC) |
| 11 | Prohibited devices and software (art 245/A TPC) |
| 12 | Cybersecurity and cyber attacks |
| 13 | Cyber violence and cyber harassment |
| 14 | Cyber groming |
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Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 4 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 2 | 10 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Relation of Proficiency
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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 | ||||
ECTS
| 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 | ||