LAW
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
LAW3012	Law and Technology	Fall Spring	0	2	1	4

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	E-Learning
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ
Course Objectives:	Examining the social and legal implications arising out of developing technologies (namely the information technologies), discussing the competence and sufficiency of existing legal frameworks in response to these implications especially on the basis of fundamental rights and freedoms.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning about societal and legal effects of developing technologies (eg use of AI for different purpose in public and private sectors, algorithmic decision-making mechanisms, surveillance etc)
Learning the existing legal frameworks for the above-mentioned implications
Learning about upcoming legislations on information technologies, such as the Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Draft Directive on Improving Working Conditions in Platform Work

Course Content

Legal issues such as the definition of technology, its purposes, the development of information technologies, freedom of expression, new dimensions of privacy and data protection rights, discrimination created by artificial intelligence, automatic decision mechanisms, inhibition of freedom of will.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Historical overview of the relationship between technology and society: The meaning, social importance and development of technology	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
2)	The development, importance and protection of the rights to privacy and perosnal data protection	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
3)	Big data, surveillance and silence	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
4)	Algorithms and discrimination	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
5)	Freedom of expression, fake news and social manipulations	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
6)	EU General Data Protection Regulation- I: Introduction, Legal Basis for Personal Data Processing	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
7)	EU General Data Protection Regulation-II: Right to be Forgotten & CJEU Judgements	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
8)	Midterm
9)	EU General Data Protection Regulation- III: Algorithmic Decision Making Mechanisms	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
10)	EU General Data Protection Regulation- IV: International Data Transfers and Right to Compensation	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
11)	Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
12)	Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Accountability	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
13)	Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Law	Reading the articles and other resources to be provided in advance
14)	Black Mirror Writers' Group Study: Discussions over hypothetical scenarios on the societal and ethical problems arising out of information technologies	Analysis and adaptation of resources processed during the period

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Kitaplar, makaleler, yabancı içtihatlar (Örn. Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster / Alex Krotoski /in Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives (eds) Mark Graham and William Dutton; Jure Globocnik -The Right to be Forgotten is Taking Shape; Mittelstadt, Allo, Taddeo, Wachter, Floridi- The Ethics of Algorithms: Mapping the Debate; Cathy O’Neill- Weapons of Math Destructions; Shoshana Zuboff- Surveillance Capitalism )

Books, articles, foreign court judgements (including but not limited to: Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster / Alex Krotoski /in Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives (eds) Mark Graham and William Dutton; Jure Globocnik -The Right to be Forgotten is Taking Shape; Mittelstadt, Allo, Taddeo, Wachter, Floridi- The Ethics of Algorithms: Mapping the Debate; Cathy O’Neill- Weapons of Math Destructions; Shoshana Zuboff- Surveillance Capitalism )

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	13	% 45
Midterms	1	% 15
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	2	26
Study Hours Out of Class	13	5	65
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			95

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	List the relations between concepts and institutions related to various legal disciplines and this concepts and institutions.
2)	Have the knowledge of legal methodology and methods of comment.
3)	Comment the modern legal gains with the historical knowledge.
4)	Have the knowledge of philosophical currents of thought which are the bases of legal rules.
5)	Have the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them.
6)	Resolve the juridical disagreements in light of legal acts, juridical decisions and doctrine.
7)	Use at least one foreign language as scientific language.
8)	Have the knowledge of the political and juridical foundation of the state.
9)	Have the knowledge of the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and of the basic documents which are accepted throughout this development.
10)	Have the ability to resolve the disagreements which can violate the social order in national or international level.
11)	Have the ability to prevent the juridical disagreements between individuals.
12)	Have the knowledge of international and comparative law systems.
13)	Have the knowledge of the construction and the conduct of the national and international commercial relations.
14)	Use Turkish in an efficient way both verbal and written.
15)	Have the professional and ethical responsibility.
16)	Have the knowledge on the European Union’s legislation and institutions.
17)	Have the knowledge on juridical regulations and applications related to economical and financial mechanisms.
18)	Have the knowledge of the operation of the national and the international judicial bodies.