Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Zhempiissov Nazarbek Sharuanovich

Position: Head of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Senior Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 20 years.

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Criminal liability for pseudo-entrepreneurship” (specialty: 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal-executive law).

Research interests: Problems of criminology and criminal law, national security, geopolitics, macroeconomics.

Scientific works: Has more than 50 scientific works, including: commentary on the articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on crimes related to the jurisdiction of the financial police; textbooks: “Criminal Liability of Legal Entities” (co-author), “Criminology (General Part)”.

Disciplines taught in doctoral studies:

– Geopolitics and state security;

– Crime counteraction strategies;

– State legal provision of national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan (in English).

 

Begaliev Yernar Nurlanovich

Position: Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Doctor of Law, Professor

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 21 years, honorary worker of education of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Topics of candidate and doctoral dissertations: Ph.D. thesis “Forensic support for the investigation of crimes committed by counterfeiting banknotes”, doctoral dissertation “Theoretical foundations of the investigation of crimes committed by counterfeiting material objects” (specialty: 12.00.09: criminal procedure; forensic science and forensic examination ; operational-search activity).

Research interests: criminalistics; forensic examination; operational-search activity

Scientific works: author of more than 180 scientific works:

Disciplines taught in doctoral studies:

– Novels in modern criminology;

– Methods of planning and organization of scientific research on the cycle of criminal disciplines.

 

Khan Vitaly Vyacheslavovich

Position: Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences, associate professor

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 21 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “The Anglo-Saxon model of pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases (on the example of modern legislation in England and the USA)” (specialty 12.00.09: criminal procedure; forensic science and forensics; operational-search activity).

Research interests: issues of theory and history of the criminal process, law enforcement agencies and the judiciary; problems of implementation of constitutional and procedural guarantees of the rights and freedoms of the individual in criminal proceedings; legal and organizational foundations of law enforcement and judicial activities; anti-corruption mechanisms; the doctrine of criminal pre-trial proceedings; concepts of measures of procedural coercion and the theory of judicial evidence; alternatives to criminal prosecution and economy of criminal reprisals; criminal procedure of foreign states; methodology of teaching criminal procedural law.

Scientific works: author of more than 100 scientific works.

Disciplines taught in doctoral studies:

– Theory of criminal procedure law;

– Theoretical issues of criminal procedure law.

 

Filipets Oksana Borisovna

Position: associate professor of the department of special legal disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 24 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: «Deferment of serving a sentence under the criminal law of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (specialty 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; penitentiary law)

Research interests: criminal law, penitentiary law. Has a certificate of accreditation as a subject of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities of the Ministry of Education and Science (MK No. 003942 dated March 28, 2014).

Scientific works: He has 80 published works, including articles on criminal and penitentiary law, as well as on the methodology of teaching disciplines. Author of one textbook; co-author of two collections of problems and two textbooks on criminal law, Commentary on the Criminal Code and one monograph.

Disciplines taught in Master’s and doctoral studies:

– Theory and practice of application of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement;

– Criminal law and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal law influence;

– Problems of legal regulation and practice of implementing other measures of criminal law impact;

– Actual problems of the practice of application of penal legislation;

– Theoretical and legislative aspects of the qualification of certain criminal offenses.

 

Alibekova Assel Muratovna

Position: associate professor of the department of special legal disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: candidate of legal sciences

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 16 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: «Criminal-legal and criminological characteristics of illegal business» (specialty: 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; criminal-executive law).

Research interests: criminal law and penitentiary law.

Scientific works: Has 30 published papers, including articles on criminal law. Co-author of a collection of tasks and three textbooks on criminal law, a Commentary on the Criminal Code and a study guide.

Disciplines taught in Master’s and doctoral studies:

Theory and practice of application of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement;

– Problems of qualification of criminal offenses in the sphere of economic activity;

– Legal regulation and problems of implementation of the criminal policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Problems of criminal law measures to combat corruption crimes;

– Problems of qualification of criminal offenses;

– Criminal law and penitentiary problems of institutions of punishment and other measures of criminal law influence.

 

Amurtaeva Dinara Talgatovna

Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: 2nd class lawyer

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Candidate of Legal Sciences

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 23 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: «Problems of qualification of causing serious harm to health under the criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (specialty 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; penal enforcement law).

Research interests: criminal law, criminology, penal enforcement law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses, criminal liability of minors, problematic issues of probation and restorative justice.

Scientific works: has over 60 publications in journals with impact factor recommended by the CQAES and the RSIW. Two textbooks «Criminal legal measures to counter transnational organized crime in the Republic of Kazakhstan» have been prepared in the state and Russian languages.

Disciplines taught in Master’s and doctoral studies:

Problems of the Institute of Restored Justice;

– Practice of  application of the institute of probation in  Kazakhstan;

– Problems of countering transnational crime in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Prosecutors activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Workshop.

 

Kazenov Ergazy Yerdenovich 

Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Justice Advisor

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Candidate of Legal Sciences

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 20 years

The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Criminal law and criminological problems of liability for knowingly false testimony of a witness or victim” (specialty: 12.00.08: criminal law and criminology; penal enforcement law).

Research interests: criminal and penal enforcement law, international criminal law. Has a certificate of accreditation as a subject of scientific and (or) scientific and technical activity of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Scientific works: Has more than 50 scientific papers 

Disciplines taught in the Master’s program:

 – International law enforcement cooperation;

– Workshop on criminal law (practice of qualification of criminal offenses).

           

Mediyev Renat Amangeldievich

Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Doctor (PhD), Associate Professor (Associate Professor)

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 12 years

Theme of the doctoral dissertation: “Criminal procedural synthesis of investigative and operational-search powers of the investigator in the context of reforming the legal system of the Republic of Kazakhstan”

Research interests: criminal procedure, criminology, ORD

Scientific works: has more than 60 published works (scientific articles, manuals, monographs)

Disciplines taught in master’s and doctoral studies:

– Problems of ensuring human rights in the implementation of covert investigative actions in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Features of the organization of the investigation of theft;

– Features of the investigation of theft;

– Novels in modern criminology.

 

Augusthan Syrym Augusthanuly

Position: Senior lecturer of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Justice Advisor

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Doctor of PhD in the specialty “Jurisprudence”

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 12 years

The topic of the doctoral dissertation: “Problems of legal and criminological – criminalistic support for the investigation of violent crimes committed in penal institutions in the CIS countries”

Research interests: criminal law, penal enforcement law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses, problematic issues of probation

Scientific works: author of more than 30 scientific papers

Disciplines taught in the Master’s program:

– The practice of using the Institute of Probation in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Problems of countering transnational crime by criminal legal means;

– Actual problems of theory and practice of application of criminal and penal enforcement legislation;

– Theoretical and legislative aspects of the qualification of individual criminal offenses; – Countering encroachments against the person by criminal legal means.

 

Tuleuova Muldir Erlanovna

Position: senior lecturer of the department of special legal disciplines

Class rank: Counselor of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: master of law

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 12 years

Topic of the master’s thesis: «Participation of a defense lawyer at the stage of preliminary investigation, as a means of ensuring the protection of the rights of participants in the criminal process: problematic aspects»

Research interests: criminal procedure law

Scientific works: has more than 50 scientific articles

Disciplines taught in the Master’s program:

– Theory and practice of application of criminal procedural law in law enforcement;

– Theory and practice of applying measures of criminal procedural coercion;

– Workshop on criminal procedure law.

 

Baymakhanov Artur Alisherovich

Post: lecturer of the Department of Special Legal Disciplines

Class rank: Junior Adviser of Justice

Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Doctor of PhD in the specialty «Jurisprudence»

Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: 1 year

The topic of the doctoral dissertation:
«Organizational and legal aspects of investigation and prevention of non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of duties for the upbringing of a minor»

Research interests: criminal law, criminology, criminal enforcement law, problems of qualification of criminal offenses.
Scientific works: author of more than 20 scientific papers

Disciplines taught in the Master’s program:

–  Practice of the Institute of Probation in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

– Workshop on criminal procedure law;

– Features of the organization of the investigation of embezzlement;

– Prosecutorial activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Workshop;

– Theory and practice of application of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement.