MODULE DESCRIPTOR

PROGRAMME BACHELOR OF LAWS (LLB)

TITLE LAND LAW
REFERENCE LLB
DESCRIPTION This module is designed in such away that it provides the
student with the necessary foundation for ;Land criminal law
and practices in Uganda.
LLB Stage 1
Semester 1 and 2
Prerequisites Minimum entry requirement for LLB, Mature age entry
subject to test, Diploma in Law as per NCHE specifications.
Staff To be advised
Teaching Hours This module will be allocated 3 hours a week over the 15
week-period of the semester, made up of lectures and
tutorials. Case study hours to be as per its teaching
schedule each semester
Module aims:- - This module is intended to help a future legal
practitioner to focus on the law relevant to criminal
matters.

- The law and principles which are to be covered in

this module are to assist the student in determining
criminal matters in a quick and timely manner.

- This module will also enable students understand

the general principles and general defenses in
criminal law.
Rationale - Criminal related problems are so common in
Uganda. Whether you are a legal practitioner or not
criminal law knowledge can be of help at a certain
stage. Hence this module is very important to
prospective students both as future legal
professionals or mere members of society.
Learning outcomes At The end of this module, the student should be able to:
1. Gain Criminal Law knowledge
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 2. Apply the relevant laws to the criminal legal
problems.
3. To analyze and apply the available defenses to
criminal offences identified.
4. Develop abilities to comprehend criminal scenarios
and interpret cases
Teaching methods Teaching methods will be centered on lecture sessions,
tutorials, workshops and case studies.
Assessments There will be two assignments given to the students which
will account for 50% each of the course work and a final
examination of 3 hours at the end of the teaching which will
account for 50% of the final work.
Assessment Rationale The assignments are designed to test whether the student
has appreciated concepts underlying criminal and its
applicability to criminal problems.
Assessment weighting 50% of the course work and 50% for the final written
examination.
Syllabus (Semester 1)
1. Introduction, nature and source of Criminal Law
2. Relevancy of customary Law in Criminal
3. Classification of offences
4. The principles of legality
5. Burden of proof
6. Actus reus, omission, mensrea, (intention, recklessness,
negligence and malice)
7. Participation and liability of crimes, (parties to and
Accessories to crime and incitement
8. Strict liability.
9. Vicarious liability.
10. Corporate liability.
Syllabus (Semester 2) 11. Defenses
- Lack of jurisdiction
- Bonafide claim of right.
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 - Accident.
- Mistake of fact and law.
- Intoxication.
- Insanity.
- Self defense, defense of person, property and public
Interest.
- Immature age.
- Immunities.
- Double jeopardy
- Compulsion.
- Superior orders
- Conflict of laws.
12. Inchoate or preliminary offences
- Attempt.
- Conspiracy.
- Incitement
13. Offences
(a). Offences to state
- Treason
- Terrorism
- Sedition
(b). Offences against the administration justice
- Perjury
- Contempt of court
(c). Offences against public tranquility
- Defamation
- Obscene publications
- Common mistake
- Unlawful society, assembly, riot etc
- Insulting language
- Affray
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- Witch craft
- Corruption and abuse of office
(d) Offences against property
- Theft
- Robbery
- Extortion
- Conversion not amounting to theft
- Criminal trespass
- Receiving and retaining stolen property
- Having or conveying suspected stolen property
- Fraudulent false accounting
- Forgery, coining, uttering
- Demanding property with menaces
- Malicious property to property

(e) Offences against the person

- Homicide
- Manslaughter
- Voluntary manslaughter
- Voluntary manslaughter provocation
- Voluntary manslaughter suicide
- Voluntary manslaughter Infanticide
- Involuntary manslaughter unlawful act
- Attempted murder
- Assault and other personal injuries
- Unlawful wounding
- Grievous bodily harm
- Criminal recklessness and negligence
(f)Offences against morality
- Prostitution
- Elopement
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 - Adultery
- Bigamy
- Unnatural offences

Bibliography General Text Books

1. Tuner: Kenny’s Outlines of Criminal Law
2. Collingwood: Criminal Law in East and Central
Africa
3. Siedman: Sourcebook of Criminal Law of Africa
4. Hall: General Principles of Criminal Law
5. Cross & Jones: Cases on Criminal Law
6. Cross & Jones: Cases on Criminal Law
7. Turner: Cases on Criminal Law
8. Lauhan: Study Guide to Criminal Law
9. Fitzegerald: Criminal Law & Punishment
10. Glanville William: Criminal Law- The General part
11. Cotran: Report on Customary Criminal Offences
in Kenya.
12. A.Kiapi Leading East African Criminal Law
Cases
13. Smith & Hogan: Criminal Law
14. Elliot & Wood: Criminal Law
15. Hurbary’s Laws of England 3rd Edition vol. 10
Butterworths.
Websites:
http://www.findlaw.com
www.talkjustice.com/top100.asp
www.criminal law.websites.com

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www.hg.org/crime.html
www.ibj.org/elearning
www.website-law.co.uk
www.asil.org/crim1.
www.jsboard.co.uk/criminal_law/index.htm
www.lawteacher-net
www.bioforensics.com/kruglaw
http://www.criminallog.fsc.edu/p/cjtworld.php
http://www/eisil-org
www.ugandaonlinelawliabrary.com/lawlib/criminal
_law.asp