Criminal Law I
ukocasakal@gmail.com
eaksoy@gsu.edu.tr
pkartal@gsu.edu.tr
ierdogan@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
LEARNING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL LAW AND THE GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME
Course Content
Week 1.Concept of criminal law
Week 2.History of criminal law (part I)
Week 3.History of criminal law (part II)
Week 4.Sources of criminal law
Week 5.Interpretation of sources
Week 6.Temporal applicability of a criminal law
Week 7.Territorial applicability of a criminal law
Week 8.Introduction to the General Theory of Crime
Week 9.Concepts except the elements of crime
Week 10.Legal element and introduction to the materiel element
Week 11.Act
Week 12.Result
Week 13.Relation of causality
Week 14.Attempt
Course Learning Outcomes
SOLVING A CONCRETE PROBLEM BY USING THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL LAW AND APPLYING CONCRETELY THE GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME
Teaching and Learning Methods
pratics and theory
References
DÖNMEZER –ERMAN, Nazari ve Tatbiki Ceza Hukuku
DEMİRBAŞ, Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler
CENTEL – ZAFER – ÇAKMUT, Türk Ceza Hukukuna Giriş
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concept of criminal law |
| 2 | History of criminal law (part I) |
| 3 | History of criminal law |
| 4 | Sources of criminal law |
| 5 | Interpretation of sources |
| 6 | Temporal applicability of a criminal law |
| 7 | Territorial applicability of a criminal law |
| 8 | Introduction to the General Theory of Crime |
| 9 | Concepts except the elements of crime |
| 10 | Legal element and introduction to the materiel element |
| 11 | Act |
| 12 | Result |
| 13 | Relation of causality |
| 14 | Attempt |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 40 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 10 | 5 | 50 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 131 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 5.24 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 5 | ||