COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELEMENTS OF CRIME

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZA 7027 ELEMENTS OF CRIME ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERKAN MERAKLI

Offered to

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

Fundamental objective of this course is to analyse elements of crime in criminal law deeply.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Analysing of crime concept with its evolution historically process.
2   To analyse elements of crime and relationship with each other
3   To discuss high court decisions and their choices
4   Arguement and improvement in comparative law in terms of crime theory
5   To practice theoretical knowledge which are related elements of crime in present cases.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Crime theories in historical evolution process. Crime concept in modern criminal law.
2 The scope of typicalness concept and relationship with other elements of crime.
3 The objective elements of typicalness concept. 1. action 2. consequence 3. principle of causation
4 The subjective elements of typicalness concept. 1. intent and negligence 2. double function of intent/negligence
5 The scope of contradiction to law element and relationship with other elements.
6 Lawfullness factors
7 Midterm Exam
8 Exercise of law provision and self defense
9 Lawfullness factors. enjoyment of right , allowance of victim
10 The scope of culpability element and it's relationship with other elements
11 Occasions which are affected on culpability
12 Occasions which are affected on culpability
13 Occasions which are affected on culpability
14 Other conditions which are out of elements of crime and are affected in penalization.

Recomended or Required Reading

Özbek Veli Özer/ Doğan Koray/ Bacaksız Pınar, Türk Ceza Hukuku Genel Hükümler, 11. Baskı, Ankara 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures, seminars, presentations, analysing of court decisions and present cases.

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** 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)

serkan.merakli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

on course days

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 6 3 18
Preparation for final exam 13 1 13
Preparing presentations 13 3 39
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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