JKUAT School Of Law Departments

Units Offered

HRD 2101 Communication Skills
LSC 2101 Legal Systems and Methods
LSC 2102 Social Foundations of Law
LSC 2105 Constitutional Theory
LSC 2107 Principles of Criminal Liability
LSC 2110 Constitutional Process
LSC 2201 Crimes
LSC 2202 Evidence I
LSC 2203 Administrative Law
LSC 2209 Evidence II
LSC 2212 Criminology and Penology
LSC 2213 Criminal Procedure
LSC 2304 Public International Law
LSC 2308 Gender and the Law
LSC 2309 Competition Law
LSC 2312 Tax Law
LSC 2320 International Trade and Investment Law
LSC 2321 East African Community Law
LSC 2322 Law of the Sea
LSC 2325 International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
LSC 2401 Insolvency Law

Message from the Chairperson, Private Law

Welcome to JKUAT Department of Private Law,
The Department of Private Law is a strategic component of the University’s innovative and market-based programmes with a vision to transcend new boundaries in the realm of private law.

The Department seeks to promote high quality research and teaching in private law with specific emphasis on the general private law principles of the Kenyan legal system, regional and international law. Amongst the subjects offered by the Department include:
HRD 2102 Development Studies and Social Ethics
LSC 2103 Torts I
LSC 2104 Contract Law I
LSC 2108 Torts II
LSC 2109 Contract Law II
LSC 2204 Family Law
LSC 2206 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LSC 2207 Civil Procedure
LSC 2208 Company Law
LSC 2211 Law of Succession
LSC 2215 Judicial Attachment
LSC 2302 Commercial Law I
LSC 2303 Equity and Trusts
LSC 2307 Banking Law
LSC 2310 Capital Markets Law
LSC 2311 Insurance Law
LSC 2313 Law of Partnerships and Societies
LSC 2314 Commercial Law II
LSC 2324 Conflict of Laws
LSC 2401 Labour Law

Law students are required to make constructive use of the knowledge and skills they acquire by contributing to national development and the community through legal aid, community service, judicial attachment and similar outreach activities.  Students are also prepared to critically assess, interpret and apply the law and have the historical, comparative and jurisprudential background that is essential for a thorough and critical understanding of law and legal institutions.

There is an inevitable intersection between law, science and technology. The School of Law, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) appreciates the extreme need for lawyers and researchers who are knowledgeable in the legal aspects of scientific and technological processes in Kenya and Africa at large, and it is on that basis that the Department of Law, Science and Technology was established.

As Kenya and Africa continue to progress technologically, there is a severe need for legal practitioners and researchers who can provide timely, innovative, quality and competitive legal and policy solutions.  It is on the basis of that realisation that the School of Law,
JKUAT, identified law, science and technology as its niche in legal training and research, in addition to teaching students other general law courses such as contract law, constitutional law, public international law, property law, commercial law and law of torts. Courses taught in the Law, Science and Technology Department include: intellectual property law; information and communication technology law; law, science and ethics; health and medical law; biotechnology and biosafety law; air and space law; environmental law; physical planning and construction law; agricultural law; and natural resources and mining law.

Through the Department, the School of Law is able to harness teaching and research resources, and to foster training, in the area of the interface between law, science and technology.  The School of Law is at the forefront in training law students and establishing a resource base that will provide innovative and competitive solutions to a myriad of complex legal issues in scientific and technological processes in Kenya and Africa.

The Department welcomes collaborations with other public and private institutions and organisations engaged in training and research in law, science and technology issues that are relevant to Kenya and Africa.

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Units
Code Title
SZL 2111 HIV/AIDS
LSC 2106 Legal Research and Writing
ICS 2110 Information Technology
LSC 2205 Property Theory
LSC 2210 Land Law and Conveyancing
LSC 2214 Law Science and Ethics
LSC 2301 Jurisprudence
LSC 2305 Intellectual Property Law
LSC 2306 Health and Medical Law
LSC 2315 Environmental Law
LSC 2316 Information and Communication Technology Law
LSC 2317 Physical Planning and Construction Law
LSC 2318 Biotechnology and Biosafety Law
LSC 2319 Legal Clinic
LSC 2323 Air and Space Law
LSC 2402 Research Paper I
LSC 2403 Natural Resources and Mining Law
LSC 2404 Research Paper II
LSC 2405 Agricultural Law