http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/916e460f0c11655b https://verfassungsblog.de/colonialism-criminal-law-and-the-dustbin-of-history/ Colonialism, Criminal Law, and the Dustbin of History - On Kenya’s Subversion Judgment Malidzo Nyawa, Joshua eng 2024-04-02 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Criminal Law History Kenia Subversion Transformative Constitutionalism colonialism Kenia Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In a ruling that is important beyond Kenya, the Kenyan High Court has delivered a milestone judgment. By striking down a provision of the Kenyan Criminal Code on subversion, the Court takes a significant step towards further doing away with the colonial legacy in the Kenyan legal system. The judgment exemplifies how judges in postcolonial contexts interpret the law against the backdrop of the country’s history.