Journal
Aims and Scope
The aims, subject scope, accepted methods and intended readership of the Cyberspace, Space, and Law Review.
This is an English translation. In case of discrepancy, the Turkish version prevails.
Aims
The Cyberspace, Space, and Law Review publishes original works that apply scholarly methods to problems where information technology, space activities and law intersect.
The Review serves three aims:
- To fill the gap in space law and technology law in the Turkish legal literature.
- To build a common scholarly language among lawyers, information technology specialists, space scientists and engineers.
- To provide evidence-based knowledge to legislators, the judiciary, regulatory authorities and practitioners.
Through free open access, the Review makes this knowledge available to everyone.
Scope
The Review accepts works from the social sciences and from the natural sciences and engineering. The list below is indicative. The deciding criteria are that a work connects at least two of the fields of information technology, space and law, and makes an original contribution.
Social Sciences
Information Technology Law
- Personal data protection and the application of the KVKK and the GDPR
- Cybersecurity, cybercrime and digital evidence
- Digital platforms, electronic commerce and competition law
- E-government and digitalisation in public administration
- Telecommunications and internet governance
Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms
- Governance and regulation of artificial intelligence, the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act
- Legal liability arising from artificial intelligence
- Algorithmic decision-making, discrimination and transparency
- Ethics of artificial intelligence
- Legal technology and computational law
Intellectual Property and Technology
- Protection of software, databases and artificial intelligence outputs
- Patents and technology transfer
- Open source licences
Financial Technology and Digital Currency
- Distributed ledger technology and smart contracts
- Crypto assets and capital markets regulation
- Central bank digital currencies
- Payment services and electronic money
Space Law and Policy
- International space treaties and United Nations space law
- Liability and insurance arising from space activities
- Satellite communications, frequency and orbital resources
- Space debris and the sustainability of space activities
- Use of space resources and commercial space activities
- National space legislation and institutional structure
- Remote sensing, satellite data and privacy
Legal Aspects of Technical Work
- Legal compliance in data science, software engineering and cryptography
- Privacy by design and security standards
- Regulatory compliance in satellite and ground systems
Fundamental Rights and Public Law
- Digital rights, freedom of expression and surveillance
- Constitutional safeguards in relation to technology
- International human rights law and technology
Natural Sciences and Engineering
1. Information Technology and Computer Science
- Computer science and software engineering
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science
- Cybersecurity and cryptography
- Computer networks, cloud computing and distributed systems
- Electronics, embedded systems and communications technologies
2. Space Sciences and Astronomy
- Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology
- Planetary science and space physics
- Celestial mechanics and orbital calculations
- Space observation systems and telescope technologies
- Research on the space environment and space weather
3. Space Engineering and Satellite Technologies
- Aerospace engineering
- Satellite systems and satellite communications
- Spacecraft, rockets and propulsion systems
- Space robotics and autonomous space systems
- Remote sensing, satellite data and space-based information systems
Accepted methods
The Review supports a variety of methods:
- Legal research based on legislation, case law and legal scholarship
- Comparative law
- Empirical legal research
- Interdisciplinary studies
- Technical analysis and case studies
- Experimental, observational and computational research in the natural sciences and engineering
Outside scope
- Commentary and news pieces on current events that do not follow a scholarly method
- Previously published works
Readership
Academics, astronomers, graduate and undergraduate students, judges, lawyers, public institutions and regulators, and specialists in the technology and space sectors.