GPR 106 Criminal Law II Course Outline 2022-3
GPR 106 Criminal Law II Course Outline 2022-3
Course Instructors:
Lecture Hours: 45
INTRODUCTION
This unit is part two of Criminal Law I and both deal with the substantive law of crime, i.e.
the law that determines whether or not conduct amounts to a crime. It does not deal with
criminal procedure or the law of evidence, except where strictly necessary or relevant.
COURSE PURPOSE
The aim of the course is to provide students with a clear and comprehensive knowledge of
the general principles relating to criminal liability, as well as the major offences categories,
defenses and sanctions imposed upon individuals in case of a breach of the criminal law.
Specifically, this unit will introduce the student to theories of crime and punishment.
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2. Explain the nature, concept and theories of crime and punishment, and critique
Kenya’s penal system
3. Understand and critique sentencing theories and practice in Kenya
4. Understand the ingredients of specific offences and evaluate appropriateness.
EVALUATION
Course Work – 30%
(Written CATS (Continuous Assessment Test); Assignments)
Final exams – 70%
REFERENCES
STATUTES
Constitution of Kenya, 2010
Penal Code (Cap 63 Laws of Kenya)
Sexual Offences Act, 2006
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 75 Laws of Kenya)
Evidence Act (Cap 80 Laws of Kenya)
CORE TEXTS
William Musyoka, Criminal Law (Nairobi: LawAfrica, 2013)
Smith,J.C. & B. Hogan, Criminal Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, 10th Ed)
Card, Cross & Jones, Criminal Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 21stEd)
Mushanga, T., Crime and Deviance: An Introduction to Criminology(Nairobi: East
African Literature Bureau, 1976).
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Clarkson,C.M.V. & HM. Keating, Criminal Law: Texts and Materials (London: Sweet &
Maxwell, 2014, 8thEd.)
Collingwood, J.J.R., Criminal Law of East and Central Africa(London: Sweet &
Maxwell, 1967)
Williams, Katherine S. Textbook on Criminology (London: Blackstone Press, 5th
Edition, 2004)
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Easton,S. & C. Piper, Sentencing and Punishment (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2005)
Muga, Erasto, Crime and Delinquency in Kenya, (Nairobi: East African Literature
Bureau, 1975)
Williams, Glanville, Textbook on Criminal Law (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2006)
Robinson, P. H., Criminal Law (New York: Aspen Publishers, 1997)
Kaplan, Weisberg & Binder, Criminal Law: Cases and Materials (New York: Aspen
Publishers 4th Edition 2000)
Seidman, Robert, A Sourcebook of the Criminal Law of Africa (London: Sweet &
Maxwell, 1966)
Padfield, Nicola, Criminal Law Core Text Series (Oxford University Press, 8th Edition,
2010)
Clifford, William, An Introduction to African Criminology (Nairobi: Oxford University
Press, 1974).
Maguire, Morgan& Reiner,The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 4th Edition, 2007)
Jones, Stephen, Criminology (London: Butterworths, 3rd Edition, 2005).
Cross, Rupert, Punishment, Prison and the Public (London: Stevens & Sons, The
Hamlyn Lectures 23rd Series, 1971).
Oruka, Odera, Punishment and Terrorism in Africa: Problems in the Philosophy and
Practice of Punishment (Nairobi: East African Literature Bureau, 1985).
PART A
(1)Theories of Crime
1 Classical and positivist traditions
2 Environmental criminology
3 Social disorganization
4 Social differentiation
5 Ecological theories
6 Poverty, anomie and strain
7 Conflict, Marxist and Radical theories of crime
(II)Theories of Punishment
1 Retribution
2 Deterrence: general and specific deterrence
3 Reformation
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4 Rehabilitation
1.3 Murder
(1) Definition
section 203 of the Penal Code
Section 213 of the Penal Code
(a) Deceased undergoes treatment which causes his death : section 213 (a) of the Penal
Code
Rex vs. Mwagambo s/o Gishodi (1941) 8 EACA
John MuiaMuii vs. Republic Mombasa CACRA No. 96 of 1999
(c) Knowledge that the act or omission will cause death/ implied malice
Section 206(b) of the Penal Code
Olenja vs. Republic [1973] EA 546
Rex vs. Tintgurwa bin Byantimba(1943) 10 EACA 44
Rex vs. Tabulayenka s/o Kirya and three others (1943) 10EACA51
Njoroge vs. Republic [1983] KLR 197
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R vs. Ngereza s/o Masaga and others [1962] EA 766
Dracaku s/o Afia and another vs. R [1963] EA 364
Isa Mukabya vs. 5[1963] EA 376
Rex vs- KariokiwaNjagga(1934) 1 EACA 149
Republic vs. Ndalamia and two others [2003] KLR 638
Rex vs. Petro Mangongo s/o Katwa (1944) 11 EACA 100
Rvs. Serne (1887) 16CoxCC311
Rvs.Singh [1962]EA.13.
Rvs. Hancock and Shankland [1956] 1 AllER 641.
Rex vs. Palamba s/o Fundikila and another (1947) 14 EACA 96
1.4 Manslaughter
(1) Definition
Section 202 and 205 of the Penal Code
Section 205 of the Penal Code
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(2) The Actus Reus
DPP vs. Newbury [1976] 2 All ER 365
Rex vs. Mutono s/o Luigo and another (1936) 3 EACA
Rex vs. Jeremiah Singine(1935) 2 EACA 120
Rex vs. PelroMangongo s/o Katwa(1944) 11 EACA 100
Amir Begum and another vs. Reginam(1956) 23 EACA 402
Rex vs. Qurban Malik and another (1948) 15 EACA
1.5 Infanticide
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Section 210 of the Penal Code
1.6 Suicide
Section 225 of the Penal Code
Section 226 of the Penal Code
1 .7 Concealing Birth
section 227 of the Penal Code
1.9 Assault
Sections 250 to 253 of the Penal Code.
(b) Abduction
section 256 of the Penal Code
sections 258, 259, 260 and 262 of the Penal Code
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Section 26 1 of the Penal Code
(c) Wrongful confinement
section 263 of the Penal Code
(d) Slavery-related offences
Sections 264 and 265 of the Penal Code
the Constitution
(e) Unlawful compulsory Labour
Section 266 of the Penal.
The Constitution
5. SEXUAL OFFENCES
Sexual Offences Act, No. 8 of 2006 (SOA)
Definition and elements of key offences:
5.1 Rape – sections 3, 4, 10
5.2 Defilement- sections 8, 9
5.3 Sexual assault – section 5
5.4 Indecent Acts – section 6
5.5 Incest – sections 20-22
5.6 Sexual harassment – section 23
5.7 Consent: definition – section 42; evidentiary and conclusive presumptions – sections 44
and 45
Reading: Kamau, Winifred, “The Legal Treatment of Consent in Sexual Offences in Kenya”
(2014) 10 (1) Law Society of Kenya Journal 27–57.
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