COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRIMINAL LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 4015 CRIMINAL LAW COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR YAŞAR METIN ÖZDEMIR

Offered to

Public Administration
Public Administration

Course Objective

The general objective of this course is to make student have information about crime and sentencing theories of Turkish Criminal Law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to associate the institutions of criminal law with the general principles of criminal law.
2   Being able to describe the elements of crime.
3   Being able to ascertain the relation of casualty in the present case.
4   Being able to explain the reasons for lawfulness.
5   Being able to define the attempt, jointly committed offences.
6   Being able to explain the causes which remove culpability.
7   Being able to distinguish between the reasons for lawfulness and the reasons that affect culpability.
8   Being able to generally explain the sentencing theory.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Crime, Concept of Criminal Law, Criminal Policy, Relationship between Criminal Law and Other Branchs of Public Law, Historical Development of Criminal Law
2 The General Principles of Criminal Law, Principle of Legality in Criminal Law
3 The Sources of Turkish Criminal Law, Constitutional Basis of the Turkish Criminal Law, Turkish Penal Code
4 Implementation of Penal Code in Terms of Place, Person and Time
5 Introduction to Crime Theory, Basic Information Regarding Elements of the Crime, Typicality
6 Concept of Act, Relation of Casualty
7 Illegal Act,the Reasons for Lawfulness
8 Midterm exam
9 Midterm exam
10 Culpability,Intention, Recklessness, the Reasons that Affect Culpability
11 Criminal Attempt, Jointly Committed Offences
12 Successive Offence, Compound Offence, Conceptual Aggregation
13 Sentencing Theory Penal Sanctions, Penalties of Imprisonment, Short-term Sentence of Imprisonment, Judicial Fine, Determination and Individualisation of the Penalties, Repeat Offending
14 Limitatio Period, Waiver of a Complaint, Reconcilliation, Advance Peyment

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Özbek Veli Özer / Kanbur M. Nihat / Bacaksız Pınar / Doğan Koray / Tepe Ilker, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Ankara 2011.
References
Öztürk Bahri / Erdem Mustafa Ruhan , Ceza Hukuku ve Güvenlik Tedbirleri Hukuku, Ankara 2011.
Özgenç Izzet, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Ankara 2010.
Üzülmez Ilhan / Koca Mahmut ,Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler Ankara 2010.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures of Instructor about relevant week. Current topics, which are related Turkish criminal law, are discussed. Practices which based on fictional events are made.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are expected to be prompt at all times and to participate during class sessions. Students must pay attention to course harmony and discipline.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.1444
LO.244
LO.344444
LO.444
LO.534
LO.633333
LO.743
LO.844

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