KHK635 - THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY CAUSED BY OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS and PROFESSIONAL DISEASES

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
THE CRIMINAL LIABILITY CAUSED BY OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS and PROFESSIONAL DISEASES KHK635 2nd Semester 3 0 3 10
PrequisitesNone
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
 
Instructor (s)Prof. Çetin ARSLAN 
Course objectiveThe objective of this course is to make the students learn the criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases and to teach the process of criminal cases. 
Learning outcomes
  1. Student, will learn - the legal basis,
  2. - the historical development,
  3. - examination with regard to intent- negligence notions,
  4. - examination with regard to act and omission,
  5. - examination with regard to general- special statutory offences,
  6. - examination with regard to murder and injury offences,
  7. - the status in criminal law discipline,
  8. - the liability of employers as natural and legal person - the differential points in comparison with legal cases, - the procedural provisions, - the sanction of the criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases.
Course ContentThe content of the course is about the criminal aspect of liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases. 
ReferencesKılıç, Leyla, İşverenin İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliğini Sağlama Yükümlülüğü ve Sorumluluğu, Ankara: Yetkin, 2006.
Ekin, Ali, İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliğine İlişkin Yükümlülüklere Uymamanın Sonuçları (İşveren Açısından), Ankara: Yetkin, 2010.
ErdoÄŸan, ÇaÄŸla, Ä°ÅŸveren ve Ä°ÅŸveren Vekilinin Ä°ÅŸ Kazasından DoÄŸan Cezai SorumluluÄŸu, Ankara: Yetkin, 2016. 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Concepts of occupational accidents and professional diseases
Week 2Historical development of the criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases
Week 3Legal basis of the criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases
Week 4Concepts of intent and negligence
Week 5Concepts of act and omission
Week 6Concepts of general and special statutory offences
Week 7Murder and injury offences
Week 8Midterm
Week 9Status of the criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases in criminal law discipline
Week 10Criminal liability of legal persons
Week 11Criminal liability of employers as natural and legal persons
Week 12Comparisons of criminal lawsuits caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases with legal cases
Week 13Procedures and procedure in criminal matters due to criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases Law Violations
Week 14Sanction in penalties resulting from criminal liability caused by occupational accidents and professional diseases, Examination of judicial decisions
Week 15General examination
Week 16General examination

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments00
Presentation00
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms140
Final exam160
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes140
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes160
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)1310130
Presentation / Seminar Preparation000
Project000
Homework assignment000
Midterms (Study duration)15858
Final Exam (Study duration) 17070
Total Workload29141300

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Has the ability to access to sources of information, use, compare, interpret, infer and apply scientific data.    X
2. Has the knowledge on science of law and legal systems and the historical development of the rights of individuals and societies and the basic texts adopted in that process, and has the historical knowledge to interpret the achievements of modern law.    X
3. Masters the provisions regulating the relationships between persons and the state and has the ability to interpret those provisions.    X
4. Has the ability to use information technologies and course materials in the process of teaching and learning.    X
5. Has the ability to solve current legal problems in the framework of modern legal approaches.    X
6. Has a level of understanding and knowledge of the profession in order to reflect all of the features required by the profession in the best possible way at national and international levels.    X
7. Masters the legal regulations and practices on economic and financial mechanisms.    X
8. Has the ability to be able to express herself/himself as an individual and in front of a community.    X
9. Has the ability to use, compare and apply the knowledge of universal law.    X
10. Has the ability to understand and process national and international dimensions of law by following the case law and legal practices.    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest