Department of Public Law
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses
The courses offered by the Department of Public Law include various undergraduate courses. New courses in areas that are gaining importance are also being developed, including International Criminal Law; Law of the East African Community; Wildlife Law; Maritime Law, the Role of Research in the Functioning of Modern Legislatures, and shall be introduced in the near future. Existing courses offered are under constant review and changes to incorporate the changing laws and legal environment.
Core Courses: These courses are compulsory courses within the LL.B programme
• Kenya Legal System
• Legal Method
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Land Law
• Evidence I and II
• Criminal Procedure
• Jurisprudence
• Professional Practice
• Public International Law
Elective Courses: These courses are optional courses for LL.B students
A wide range of elective course are on offer, including:
• International Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Law
• Health and the Law
• Insurance Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Trade & Investment Law
• Banking Law
• Competition Law
• Law on Refugees
• Law and Gender Relations
• Consumer Protection Law
• Computer Law
Postgraduate level Courses: These courses are at an advanced stage of preparation for offering to students at post-graduate level within the Department when the School mounts its postgraduate program, and in an anticipated, distance-education, Master of Comparative Laws (MCL) program
• Comparative Environmental Law
• Comparative Law of Evidence
• Comparative Criminal Law
• Comparative Jurisprudence
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Comparative Maritime Law
• Land Use, Planning Law and Practice