Criminal law in Kenya:
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 131 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9789041145734 9041145737 |
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| adam_text | Table
of
Contents
The Author
3
List of Abbreviations
13
General Introduction
15
§1.
The General Background of the Country
15
I. Geography and Climate
15
II. Population
15
HI. Economy
16
IV. Political System and Administration Structure
16
V. The Judicial System
18
§2.
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminal Science
19
I. Definitions of Criminal Law
19
A. Criminal law
19
B. Substantive Criminal law
19
C. Procedural Criminal Law
19
II. Characteristics of Criminal Law
19
III. Overview of the Criminal Justice System
20
A. The Police
21
B. The Prosecution
21
C. Trial Jurisdictions
21
D. Prison System and After-Care
22
E. The Bar
23
F. Statistical Overview
23
IV. Trends Within Criminal Justice
24
§3.
The Historical Background
24
I. Pre-Colonial Period
24
II. Colonial Era
24
III. Post-Colonial Era
25
IV. Recent Policy
26
§4.
Sources of Criminal Law International and National
26
I. International Sources
26
Table
of Contents
II. National Sources
27
A. The Constitution
27
B. Statutory Legislation
27
С
Case Law
28
D. Classification and Technique of Criminal Law
28
Selected Bibliography
31
Part
1.
Substantive Criminal Law
33
Chapter
1.
General Principles
33
§ 1.
The Principle of Legality
33
I. Limitation on Penalization
33
II. Legality and Interpretation
33
§2.
The Principle of Voluntariness
34
§3.
The Principle of Proportionality
34
Chapter
2.
Scope of Application of Criminal Statutes
35
§1.
Principles Concerning the Applicability of Criminal
Statutes With Respect to Time
35
I. Prohibition of Retroactive Criminal Law
35
II. Extent of the Prohibition against Retroactive Criminal Law
35
§2.
Principles Concerning Applicability of Criminal Statutes
with Respect to Space
35
I. The Territorial Principle
35
II. Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction
36
A. Principles
36
B. Cases
36
C. Localization
36
D. The Effect of Foreign Adjudication and Execution
37
§3.
Principles Concerning the Applicability of Criminal
Statutes with Respect to Persons
37
I. Immunities Based on National Public Law
37
II. Immunities Based on International Public Law
37
Chapter
3.
General Principles of Criminal Liability
39
§1.
Introduction: The Basic Elements of Criminal Offences
39
Table
of Contents
§2.
The Material or Physical Element
(Actos
Reus)
39
I. Description
39
II. Explicitation
40
III. Acts, Omission and Causation
41
A. Offences of Action
41
B. Offences of Omission
41
C. Commission by Omission
41
§3.
The Moral or Mental Element
(Mens
Rea)
42
I. Subjective Guilt or Culpability
42
II. Intention
42
A. Degrees of Intention
42
1.
Basic Intent
42
2.
Ulterior Intent
43
B. Types of Intention with References of Their Consequences
43
III. Recklessness
43
IV. Negligence
44
V. The Required Form of Guilt
44
VI. Strict Liability
44
VII.
Lack of Corporate Criminal Liability
45
Chapter
4.
Justification, Excuse and other Defences
46
§ 1.
General Principles
46
§2.
Defences
46
I. Superior Orders
46
II. Defence of Person or Property
46
A. Self-Defence
47
B. Defence of Another
48
С
Defence of Property
48
III. Necessity
48
IV. Immature Age
49
V. Insanity
49
A. Insanity at the Time of the Offence
49
B. Insanity at the time of Trial
51
VI. Intoxication
51
VII.
Compulsion
52
A. Compulsion by Husband
53
VIII.
Mistake of Fact
53
IX.
Bona Fide
Claim of Right
54
X. Acts Independent of Will
54
XI. Accident
54
Table
of Contents
Chapter
5.
Incomplete or Partly Perpetrated Criminal Offences
55
§1.
Criminal Attempt
55
I. Describing the Problem
55
II. Kenyan Attempt Statute
55
III. Conditions
55
A. Intent to Commit a Criminal Offence
55
B. Commencement of Execution
56
C. Incompletion of the Offence
56
IV. Attempting the Impossible
56
V. Punishment for Attempt
57
§2.
Participation in, or Parties to Criminal Offences
57
I. General Remarks
57
II. Principal offenders
57
III. Accessories after the Fact
59
Chapter
6.
Classification and Survey of Criminal Offences
61
§1.
General Classification of Criminal Offences
61
I. Felonies and Misdemeanours
61
II. Cognizable and Non-cognizable Offences
61
§2.
Survey of Criminal Offences
62
I. Criminal Offences of the Penal Code
62
II. Other Criminal Offences in Special Statutes
65
Chapter
7.
The Sanctioning System
67
§ 1.
The General Sanctioning System
67
§2.
Punishment
67
I. Sentence of Death
67
II. Imprisonment
68
III. Corporal Punishment
68
IV. Fines
68
V. Forfeiture
69
VI. Suspension or Forfeiture of the Right to Carry on Business
69
VII.
Compensation
69
VIII.
Costs
69
IX. Probation
69
X. Community Service
70
§3.
Measures of Security and Reform
70
I. Protective and Educational Measures Relating to Minors
70
II. Other Protective Measures
71
Table of Contents
A. Security for keeping the peace
71
B. Discharge
72
C. Committal of Offender of Unsound Mind to Mental Hospital
72
§4.
Principles and Rules Concerning Sentencing
73
I. General Principles
73
II. Grounds for Increasing Punishment
74
A. Aggravating Circumstances
74
B. Recidivism
74
III. Ground for Mitigating Punishment
75
IV. Concurrence of Offences
75
V. Combination of Sentencing Rules
76
Part II. Criminal Procedure
77
Chapter
1.
Principles, Institutions, Stages
77
§1.
Thk Judicial Organization
77
I. Superior Courts
77
II. Subordinate Courts
78
§2.
The Stacks of the Penal Process
79
I. The Prosecution
79
A. The Attribution of the Right to Prosecute
79
B. The Object of the Right to Prosecute
81
C. The Suspension of the Right to Prosecute
82
D. The Dissolution of the Right to Prosecute
82
1.
Abolition of Penal Provision, Death, Pardon
82
2.
Reconciliation
82
3.
Limitation of Time
83
4.
Plea of
Autrefois
Acquit and
Autrefois
Convict
83
II. The Trial
84
A. General Characteristics
84
B. The Judge: An Active But Impartial Arbitrator
84
С
The Beginning and Closing of the Trial
85
1.
The Beginning of the Trial
85
a. The Charge Sheet/Complaint
85
b. Issuance of Summons
85
с
Warrant of Arrest
86
2.
The Close of the Trial
86
§3.
The Legal Position of the Accused and the Complainant
87
I. Introductory Remarks
87
II. The Legal Position of the Accused
88
A. The Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution
88
B. The Provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code
89
Table
of Contents
§4.
The Rules of Evidence
90
I. The Principles of Evidentiary Law
90
II. The Means of Proof
92
III. The Exclusion of Evidence
93
Chapter
2.
Powers, Rights and Duties in Pre-trial Procedure
95
§1.
Introductory Remarks
95
§2.
Covert Policing Methods
95
§3.
The Power to Check and Search
95
§4.
The Powers of Entry, Search and Seizure
95
§5.
The Powers of Arrest
96
Chapter
3.
The Trial
99
§1.
The Trial in Subordinate Courts
99
I. Pre-trial Stage
99
II. The Attendance of the Parties
99
A. The Course of the Trial Plea Taking
100
B. Plea of guilty
100
С
Plea of not guilty
100
D. Absence of a Plea
101
E. The Hearing
101
F. Recall of Witnesses
102
G. The Judgment of the Case
102
§2.
The Trial
ín
the High Court
103
I. The Course of the Trial
103
A. Defence
104
II. The Judgment of the Case
105
§3.
The Legal Remedies
106
I. Introductory Remarks
106
II. Appeal
106
A. Time limit for Appeal
107
1.
Appeals rejected and allowed summarily
107
2.
Order of Speeches
108
3.
Results of Appeal
108
4.
Presence of Appellant
109
5.
Bail Pending Appeal
109
6.
Taking of Further Evidence
110
7.
Two Judge Bench
110
10
Table
of Contents
8.
Appeals to the Court of Appeal
110
III. Appeals from the High Court
1
11
IV. Revision
112
Part III. Execution and Extinction
of Sanctions
115
Chapter
1.
Sources of Penitentiary Law and Nature of
Regulations
115
Chapter
2.
General Principles Concerning the Execution of
Sentences and Orders
116
Chapter
3.
The Prisons System
117
§1.
Organizational Structure
117
I. Prisons Administration and Classification of Penitentiaries
117
II. Classification of Prisoners
117
§2.
The Penitentiary Regime
119
I. Introduction
119
II. Aspects of Living Conditions
121
A. Visits, Correspondence and Telephone
121
B. Prison Labour
123
С
Disciplinary Measures
124
D. Leave from Prison
125
§3.
Prisoners Rights, Complaints Procedures and
Judicial Control
125
§4.
Early Release
126
Chapter
4.
Extinction of Sanctions or Sentences
127
§1.
Pardon by the President
127
§2.
Commutation
127
§3.
Remission
127
§4.
Respite of Execution
127
General Conclusion
128
Index
129
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