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)
Professor Dr. h.c. mult. Bahri Öztürk
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Office Hour(s)
Teaching Methods and Techniques
Discussion, presentation, dissertation and case study
Principle Sources
Demirbaş; Timur, Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara, Eylül 2022.
Koca; Mahmut, Üzülmez, İlhan, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Seçkin yayınları, ankara, Eylül 2022.
Öztürk; Bahri- Erdem; Mustafa Ruhan, Uygulamalı Ceza Hukuku ve Güvenlik Tedbirleri Hukuku, Seçkin Yayınları,Ankara, 2022.
Özgenç; İzzet, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Seçkin Yayınları, Ankara, 2022 Eylül.
Artuk; M. Emin- Gökcen; Ahmet,Çakır; Kerim, Alşahin; Mehmet Emin, Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, Adalet Yayınevi, Ankara,2022.
Zafer; Hamide-Centel; Nur- Çakmut; Özlem, Türk Ceza Hukukuna Giriş, Beta Yayınları, İstanbul, 2020.
Other Sources
Criminal law legislations and regulations.
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
General definition of Criminal Law, the scope of Criminal Law
OP,R
2. Week
Historical development of criminal law, sources of criminal law, guaranteeing function of criminal law (Principle of Legality), interpretation of criminal law statutes
OP,R
3. Week
Applicability of criminal codes (applicability by time, applicability by place)
OP,R
4. Week
Extradition of criminals
OP,R
5. Week
General theory of crimes, general definition of crime, elements of crime in general, concepts apart from the elements of crime
OP,R
6. Week
General definition of typicality, action, the importance of action, number of actions, action competence
OP,R
7. Week
General definition of result, classification of crimes according to the result
OP,R
8. Week
Concept of causality, theories explaining causality, negligence and causality
9. Week
Concept, contents, and scope of unlawfulness, specific unlawfulness, concept of reasons for compliance, properties of reasons for compliance, lapse in reasons for compliance, classification of reasons for compliance
OP,R
10. Week
Execution of mandatory provisions, execution of the order of supervisor
OP,R
11. Week
Self defense
OP,R
12. Week
State of necessity, use of a right
OP,R
13. Week
Consent of the victim, exceeding the limits of the reasons for compliance
OP,R
14. Week
Assignment presentation
OP,R
15. Week
Final exams
16. Week
Final exams
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Final Exam
1
70
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Have the ability to reach and evaluate information sources;
PO-2
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-3
Have historical knowledge enabling to interpret modern law achievements;
PO-4
Have the ability to use Turkish efficiently verbally and in written;
PO-5
Have the ability to follow up professional literature at least in a foreign language;
PO-6
Have acquired professional and ethical sense of responsibility;
PO-7
Have the ability to use vocational information technologies efficiently for solution of legal problems;
PO-8
Have the ability to apply information acquired to solution of a concrete case;
PO-9
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship among natural legal persons and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-10
Have full knowledge of legal rules which regulate relationship between individual and state and have the ability to interpret such rules;
PO-11
Have the ability to practice the profession as a lawyer who adopts universal principles of law;
PO-12
Have full knowledge of basic concepts and rules regarding structure and relationship manners of international community; have the ability to interpret and discuss about the foregoing;
PO-13
Have basic knowledge enabling to evaluate international community’s common issues and their possible solutions;
PO-14
Have knowledge enabling to apply to human rights bodies having a supranational judicial quality and to follow up the process;
PO-15
Have knowledge on European Union Acquis Communautaire and operation of its institutions;
PO-16
Have a world view enabling to question, criticize and develop law in direction with needs of humanity;
PO-17
Have knowledge on historical development process of jurisprudence and judicial systems;
PO-18
Have the ability to solve actual legal problems within the frame of contemporary legal approaches;
PO-19
Be at the level of understanding and knowledge which reflects all qualities in the best way required by the profession on national and international scale;
PO-20
Have full knowledge of legal arrangements and practices regarding economic and financial mechanisms;
PO-21
Have knowledge on historical development of rights of individuals and societies and on basic texts adopted during the process;
PO-22
Have the ability to express himself individually and before a group;
PO-23
Have the ability to use, compare, interpret, deduce from and apply scientific data;
PO-24
Have the ability to follow up regulations and legal quests in order to meet new needs appeared within the frame of relationships between individuals;
PO-25
Have the ability to cooperate by implementing activities during courses, hypothetical law suits and judicial studies and other vocational and academic visits;
PO-26
Have the ability to understand and handle national and international dimensions of law, jurisprudence and practices by means of follow up;
PO-27
Have knowledge of international judicial bodies and their ways of operation.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
Have knowledge of the definition, history and basic principles of criminal law
LO-2
Have knowledge of the sources of criminal law and to be able to comment on them
LO-3
Comprehend the differences between contradictions to law and crimes
LO-4
Determine the elements of a crime and have knowledge of the facts effective on punishment
LO-5
Have knowledge of legality as an element of a crime
LO-6
Have knowledge of corpus delicti as an element of crime
