CRIMINAL LAW (LAW 240)

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1 CRIMINAL LAW (LAW 240) Fall Semester, Instructor: Maryam Khan Course Timings: Mondays & Wednesdays, pm Office Hours: By Prior Appointment Contact: ; ext Course Objectives This is a 4-unit core course that seeks to introduce students to the fundamental conceptual underpinnings and principles of Criminal Law. The course progresses from an analysis of basic concepts of criminal law to an exploration of a selection of important criminal offenses under the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (the PPC ) and the Hudood Ordinances. Apart from providing a broad overview of the subject, the course is also designed to expose students to the nature of crime and punishment in modern societies, to make them think critically about the existing structure of criminal law and justice in Pakistan within a comparative framework, and to encourage them to think about viable alternatives to criminalization and criminal remedies. Teaching Methodology & Grading The course content is demanding and rigorous, and primarily case-based. The objective is to accustom students to engage with primary legal sources and to apply their critical insights to the socio-legal context of Pakistan. To this end, classes will be structured to allow as much interactive dialogue as possible. Students are thus expected to come to class prepared. Unprepared students will be asked to leave at the beginning of the class, and will be marked absent for that session. Attendance will be strictly enforced: (a) any student who is more than 10 minutes late to class will be marked absent and may, at the instructor s discretion, be barred from sitting in that class; and (b) more than 3 absences will lead to a grade reduction unless the absence has been approved by the instructor in her discretion prior to the class in question. Please note that absences for extracurricular activities will not be excused under any circumstances. The final grade for the course will comprise of the aggregate of the following: Class Participation 20 % Midterm Exam 25 % Quiz 15 % (unannounced) Final Paper 40 % Further guidelines for the above will be provided in class in due course.

2 COURSE SYLLABUS PART I Overview 1. History of Pakistan s Criminal Law History of the Penal Code, Nizami pp. a1-a4 Sources and Fundamental Principles, Pillai pp. 5-6 PLD 1958 SC (Ind.) 115 PLD 1957 (W.P.) Lah Islamization of Criminal Laws Islamisation of Law in Pakistan, Nasim Hasan Shah, PLD 1995 PLD 1982 SC 139 Constitutional Vacuum in the Law Relating to Offences Against Human Body, Asif Saeed Khosa, PLD SCMR 1729 PPC 338-F PLD 2001 Lah Nature of Crime & Punishment Characteristics of a Crime, Smith & Hogan pp Shaw v DPP Distinction Between Offence and Crime, Nyazee pp Crime and the Punishment of Crime The Role of the Legal Profession, K.O. Shatwell, PLD 1965 What is Punishment? Why Punish?, Kadish & Schulhofer pp Theories of Punishment, Nyazee pp , SCMR YLR MLD MLD 556 PART II Fundamental Principles & Concepts 4. Burden & Standard of Proof Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Kadish & Schulhofer pp Are the Guilty Really Guilty, Taki Ahmad Khan Shivaji Sahabrao Bobade v State of Maharashtra 1994 SCMR 1614

3 1993 SCMR 155 PLD 1956 SC (Pak) SCMR PCrLJ YLR MLD 514 Regina v Onufrejczyk 1998 MLD SCMR 859 PLD 2003 SC YLR Actus Reus: Willed Conduct & Automatism Actus Reus, Smith & Hogan pp R v Deller R v Taafe R v Dadson The Conduct Must be Willed, Smith & Hogan pp Ryan v R Bratty v AG for NI R v Quick and Paddison R v Hennessy R v Burgess Automatism as a Defence in Criminal Law, Dr. Ch. M. Hanif PPC PCrLJ 1445 PLD 1988 SC Actus Reus: Omissions Omissions, Smith & Hogan pp People v Beardsley PLD 1956 SC (Ind) 249 PPC 32, 225-A, 154 R v Shama R v Firth PLD 1963 Dacca PCrLJ 429 PPC 328 Om Prakash v State of Punjab R v Stone and Dobinson R v Miller PPC 33, 36

4 Thabo Meli v R R v Church R v Le Brun AG s Ref (No. 4 of 1980) PPC 37 PLD 2003 Khi Actus Reus: Causation Causation, Smith & Hogan pp R v Dalloway Empress Car v National Rivers Authority People v Acosta People v Arzon R v Smith R v Cheshire PLD 1966 Dacca 491 PLD 1957 (W.P.) Lah SCMR 663 R v Blaue Stephenson v State State of Affairs as Actus Reus, Smith & Hogan pp Mens Rea: Intention Mens Rea, Smith & Hogan pp Intention, Smith & Hogan pp Hyam v DPP R v Moloney R v Hancock and Shankland R v Nedrick R v Woollin PPC (Replaced Provisions) 299, 300, SCMR SCMR 2339 PPC YLR 234 Islamic Law and Mens Rea, Nyazee 9. Mens Rea: Recklessness & Rashness Recklessness, Smith & Hogan pp R v G and another 1984 PCrLJ 2599

5 1986 PCrLJ 330 PLD 2001 Lah MLD 262 PLD 1973 Khi Mens Rea: Negligence, Knowledge, Strict Liability, Motive, Ignorance, Transferred Malice, Coincidence of Actus Reus and Mens Rea Negligence, Smith & Hogan p. 85 PLD 1994 Lah 324 Negligence and Mens Rea, Nyazee PPC YLR 2126 Harrow LBC v Shah Motive not an Element of Offence, Smith & Hogan pp PLD 1974 SC SCMR 646 Ignorance of the law is no Defence, Smith & Hogan pp Mistake of Law may Negate Mens Rea, Smith & Hogan pp Transferred Malice, Smith & Hogan pp PPC 301, 111 Kurien v State of Kerala Coincidence of Actus Reus and Mens Rea, Smith & Hogan pp Joint & Vicarious Liability: Common Intention PPC PCrLJ PCrLJ 1640 PLD 1991 SC 923 PLD 1996 SC 122 PLD 1972 Lah Joint & Vicarious Liability: Common Object, Vicarious Liability PPC 141, PCrLJ 445 PLD 1968 SC SCMR 1015 Kartar Singh v State of Punjab Dhanna v State of MP PPC 11 Director of Rationing and Distribution v Corporation of Calcutta Nilabati Behera v State of Orissa

6 R v P&O European Ferries Ltd. Tesco Supermarkets v Nattrass State of Maharashtra v Syndicate Transport Co. Ltd. Sham Sunder v State of Haryana 2001 PCrLJ Secondary Participation: Abetment, Aiding & Instigation PPC 107-8, PCrLJ 776 PLD 1990 Lah 499 PLD 1972 Lah PCrLJ 58 PPC 114 PLD 1971 Lah 959 PLD 1966 Dacca 269 PPC PPC 109, Secondary Participation: Conspiracy PPC 107, 120-A, 120-B Ajay Aggarwal v Union of India PLD 1956 SC (Ind) 215 PLD 1957 SC (Ind) 68 PLD 1967 Lah PCrLJ 9 PLD 1979 SC Attempts & Impossibility PPC 511 R v Khan State of Maharashtra v Mohd. Yakub PLJ 1982 FSC 123 R v Shivpuri 16. Midterm Exam

7 PART III Specific Offenses under the PPC & the Hudood Ordinances Note: Readings for this Part will be assigned in due course. 17. Offenses Affecting the Human Body: Qatl-i-Amd (1) 18. Offences Affecting the Human Body: Qatl-i-Amd (2) 19. Offences Affecting the Human Body: Other Types of Qatl 20. Offences Affecting the Human Body: Injuries & Assaults (1) 21. Offences Affecting the Human Body: Injuries & Assaults (2) 22. Wrongful Restraint, Wrongful Confinement, & Kidnapping 23. History & Overview of the Hudood Ordinances 24. Zina & Other Sexual Offences 25. Offenses Against Property 26. Special Defenses 27. General Defenses (1) 28. General Defenses (2)