The aim of Criminal Law course is to give information about the definition, history, aim and basic principles of criminal law in the light of the new Turkish Criminal Code.
Prerequisite(s)
None
Corequisite(s)
None
Special Requisite(s)
None
Instructor(s)
Assist. Prof. Dr. Özdem ÖZAYDIN
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
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Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
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Discussion, presentation, dissertation and case study.
Principle Sources
-Criminal law legislations and regulations.
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Definition, history and the basic principles of criminal law.
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2. Week
History, Sources and interpretation of criminal rules.
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3. Week
General theory of crime, its aim, contradictions to law and crimes.
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4. Week
Elements of crime in general, systems and the facts effective on punishment.
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5. Week
Corpus delicti, its elements and relation with the act and illegality.
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6. Week
the offender, subject of the crime, the act, function of the act, theories explaining the act as elements of corpus delicti.
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7. Week
Action competence, crimes according to the type of action, crimes according to the quantity of action.
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8. Week
Presentation
9. Week
The concept of result, Offences Aggravated As A Result Of Injurious Consequences, offences according to the quantity of results
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10. Week
Principle of causality, determination of causality, interruption of causality, objective criminal charge
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11. Week
The concept of illegality in general, execution of mandatory provisions.
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12. Week
Execution of the order of supervisor, self defense
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13. Week
State of necessity, use of a right
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14. Week
Consent of the concerned body, exceeding the limits of excusatory and mitigating causes
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15. Week
Final exams
16. Week
Final exams
17. Week
Final exams
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Final Exam
1
100
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Having the ability to reach and evaluate the sources of information
PO-2
Having the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data
PO-3
Having the ability to use Turkish Language efficiently
PO-4
Having the basic level of English as a foreign language
PO-5
Having the good level of capability of Legalese and Juridical Correspondence
PO-6
Having the ability to use the keyboard efficiently
PO-7
Having the comprehensive knowledge of General Principles of Law and Legal Concepts; and the ability of evaluating, interpreting and discussing of the principles and concepts
PO-8
Having the knowledge of the rules of law, which regulates the relations of persons governed by private law; and the ability to evaluate those rules
PO-9
Having the comprehensive knowledge of filing a lawsuit and litigation
PO-10
Having the comprehensive knowledge of procedure of execution for debt and bankruptcy
PO-11
Having the comprehensive knowledge of structure of the state, organs, and duties and functions of the organs and basic human rights
PO-12
Having the knowledge of the rules of law, which regulates the relations between state and persons; and the ability to evaluate those rules
PO-13
Having the consciousness of professional and ethical responsibility
PO-14
Having a good level of knowledge of fiscal, economical and financial issues relating to law, legal information systems and technologies, the accounting and computer, and the stenography method, which is used especially in the sessions of parliament, hearings and job interviews
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
ÖÇ 1. Have knowledge of the definition, history and basic principles of criminal law.
LO-2
ÖÇ 2. Have knowledge of the sources of criminal law and to be able to comment on them.
LO-3
ÖÇ 3. Comprehend the differences between contradictions to law and crimes.
LO-4
ÖÇ 4. Determine the elements of a crime and have knowledge of the facts effective on punishment.
LO-5
ÖÇ 5. Have knowledge of legality as an element of a crime.
LO-6
ÖÇ 6. Have knowledge of corpus delicti as an element of crime
