COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 5078 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUHLIS ÖĞÜTÇÜ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

To teach and explain the basic concept of environmental law and institutions, the general principles and intervention tools.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the concepts of environmental law
2   To explain the general principles of environmental law
3   To compare means of intervention for prevention of environmental pollution
4   To distinguish administrative, civil and criminal sanctions in environmental law
5   To apply environmental law and administrative rules of the criminal judicial proceedings

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
2 Subject, scope and purpose of environmental law
3 The nature of environmental law
4 Environmental rights
5 Sustainable development
6 The general principles of environmental law
7 Tools of intervention to the prevention of environmental pollution
8 Midterm exam
9 Environmental impact assessment (EIA) and environmental cuff
10 Organization and duties of environmental management, environmental offenses and sanctions
11 Organization and duties of environmental management, environmental offenses and sanctions
12 Action for annulment the in the field of environment, Liability for the actions and process of the administration
13 Protection of the environment in terms of private law and legal responsibility
14 Criminal responsibility in the environmental field

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resource:(Textbook)
Şeref Ertaş, Çevre Hukuku ve Hayvan Hakları Hukuku, 2.B., Izmir 2012
Supportive Resources:
1-Nükhet Yılmaz Turgut, Çevre Politikası ve Hukuku, Ankara 2009
2- Ibrahim Ö. Kaboğlu, Çevre Hakkı, 3.B., Ankara 1996
3- E. Yasemin Özdek, Insan Hakkı Olarak Çevre Hakkı, (TODAIE Yay.), Ankara 1993
4- Muhlis Öğütçü, Çevre Kolluk Işlemleri (yayınlanmamış doktora tezi, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü), Izmir 2000
5- Muhlis Öğütçü Dayanışma Hakkı Olarak Yurttaşların Sağlıklı Ve Dengeli Bir Çevrede Yaşama Hakkı, Insan Hakları Yıllığı, Cilt 27, Yıl 2009, s.35-48.
6-.Sait Güran, Çevre Kanunun Otuzuncu Maddesi, Idare Hukuku ve Ilimleri Dergisi, Y.1988, S.1-3 (Prof.Dr. Lûtfi DURAN'a Armağan Özel Sayısı), s.185-198.
7- Durmuş Tezcan, "Çevre Suçları Ile Ilgili Bazı Değerlendirmeler", Prof. Şükrü Postacıoğlu'na Armağan, Izmir 1997, s. 349-378.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods


Giving lecture, lesson preparation of students before and after the lecture topics, involvement of students with the way vision statement and ask questions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muhlis.ogutcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

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