IT Law (LAW435) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
IT Law LAW435 Area Elective 2 0 0 2 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Area Elective
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Instructor Damla Songur
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of this course is to examine the legal arrangement of acts and transactions that carried out through information systems and technology or on information systems and the legal consequences of disputes and crimes that arising out of information technology law and also to evaluate rights and responsibilities in this context.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Increases knowledge and consciousness levels both in terms of legal and technical in the field of information technology.
  • Evaluate legal situations specific to information law.
  • Evaluate legal situations that fall within the scope of information law.
  • Can produce solutions through a rights-based approach to individual and social problems related to information law.
Course Content The main concepts of information technology law, internet law and comparative analyses of different regulations on different countries, IT crimes, IT security, electronic contracts.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Information and Information Law • Information System, Basic Concepts, Definitions, • Scope, Resources and Priority of Information and Technology Law Material to be handed out by the Instructor
2 Internet in the Context of Human Rights • The Place of Internet Access in Human Rights • Demand for Internet Right Material to be handed out by the Instructor
3 Internet Law: Catalog Crimes • Catalog Crimes Detection • Protection Methods specific to Information and Technology Law Dülger, Murat Volkan: Bilişim Suçları ve İnternet İletişim Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2015.
4 Internet Law: Access Blocks • Situations Requiring Access Blocks • Access Blocks by Administration • Access Blocks by Courts Material to be handed out by the Instructor
5 Internet Law: Providers and Responsibilities • Content Provider and Responsibility • Hosting Provider and Responsibility • Access Provider and Responsibility • Collective Use Provider and Responsibility Material to be handed out by the Instructor
6 Cyber Crimes • Crimes in the Field of Information Technologies • Other Crimes committed by means of Information Technologies Material to be handed out by the Instructor
7 Digital Forensic and Procedures • Collection of Evidence in Information Systems • Storage of Electronic Evidence • Evaluation of Electronic Evidence Material to be handed out by the Instructor
8 Midterm
9 Cyber Resistance, Attack and Defend • Digital Activism • Hacktivism and its Types • Legal Results Material to be handed out by the Instructor
10 Protection of Personal Data • Personal Data Concept • General Principles • Special Qualified Data • Rights and Obligations Material to be handed out by the Instructor
11 Electronic Commerce • Historical Development of Electronic Commerce Law • E-Commerce Law in EU • Electronic Commerce Law in Turkey (Current Situation) Material to be handed out by the Instructor
12 International Legal Regulations of Information Technology • Cyber Crimes and Internet Regulations, Approaches and Methods in Comparative Law Çakır, Hüseyin/ Kılıç, Mehmet Serkan: Güncel Tehdit Siber Suçlar, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2014.
13 Entitlement and Debt Relations on Information Systems • Entitlement on Computer Programs, Software, etc. • Legal Status of Contracts through Information Systems • Electronic signature Sağlam, İpek: Elektronik Sözleşmeler, Legal Yayınevi, İstanbul 2007.
14 Internet and Copyrights • Use of Content in the Formation of Internet Environments • Obtaining and Using Content from the Internet • Digital Rights Management (DRM) Material to be handed out by the Instructor
15 Internet Banking • Establishment of Agreements on Information Systems • Electronic Money and E-Payment Systems • Consumer Protection and Banks' Responsibility Berber, Keser Leyla: İnternet Üzerinden Yapılan İşlemlerde Elektronik Para ve Dijital İmza, Yetkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2002.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. 1. Dülger, Murat Volkan: Bilişim Suçları ve İnternet İletişim Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2015.
2. 2. Çakır, Hüseyin/ Kılıç, Mehmet Serkan: Güncel Tehdit Siber Suçlar, Seçkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2014.
3. 3. Berber, Keser Leyla: İnternet Üzerinden Yapılan İşlemlerde Elektronik Para ve Dijital İmza, Yetkin Yayınevi, Ankara 2002.
4. 4. Sağlam, İpek: Elektronik Sözleşmeler, Legal Yayınevi, İstanbul 2007.
5. 5. Erdoğan, Yavuz: Türk Ceza Kanunu’nda Bilişim Suçları, İstanbul 2012.
6. 6. Yayla, Mehmet: Ceza Yargılamasında İspat İçin Yenilmesi Gereken Şüphe; Türkiye ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Sistemlerinin İncelenmesi, Ankara Barosu Dergisi 2013/3.
7. 7. Erdoğan, Yavuz: Türk Ceza Kanunu’nda Bilişim Suçları, İstanbul 2012.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 40
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 60
Toplam 2 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Skills to understand, compare and paraphrase the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. X
2 Skills to solve problems using a critical point of view when necessary , to determine and analyse the theoretical and implementation problems of law. X
3 Contribution to understanding, planning, exercising and coordinating the functionss of law, by explaining and practising. X
4 Skills to understand the strategic, tactical and practical sides of private and public law. X
5 Skills to understand the local, national, international, universal and supranational sides of private and public law. X
6 Skills to understand the modern methods and differences of law. X
7 Skills to participate in/inter disciplinary group works succesfully. X
8 Skills to adopt open minded behaviors in the way of learning and attempting. X
9 Skills to assimilate and carry the rules of ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility X
10 Skills to use Turkish efficiently in writing and speaking, and have the communication talent that is required by a law related career. X
11 Skills to approach critically and creativly on the legal and social problems in terms of rule of law and ideal of justice. X
12 Skills to understand and practice the national and international sides of law through caselaw and judical implementations. X
13 Skills to prepare/present a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethic and rules. X
14 Skills to use vocational information technologies efficiently in solving legal problems. X
15 Skills to reinforce knowledge of foreign languages and command of legal terminolgy. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 2 32
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 4 4 16
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 4 5 20
Total Workload 100