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Degree Programme Table: Legal Research (LLM by Research) (Full-time) (PRLLMLEGRS1F)


Year 1, Academic year 2010/11, Starting month: September


COMPULSORY COURSES
This DPT has 3 compulsory course(s).


Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
LAWS11104 Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research Semester 1 20
LAWS11105 Legal Research Methods Semester 2 20
LAWS11127 Dissertation LLM in Legal Research Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond 100




COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 9 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


Overarching rule collection group: A  
Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Law- Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSc)-Level 11' (ROU_F_PTMSCCRIMJ1F_11) , as available.
                             
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11047    Police and Policing   20  
LAWS11046    Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice   20  
LAWS11043    Cybercrime   20  
LAWS11100    Media and Crime   20  
LAWS11114    Mental Health and Crime   20  
PGSP11105    Crime Justice and Public Policy   20  
PLIT11002    Intermediate inferential statistics: testing and modelling   20  
LAWS11215    Penal Politics   20  
LAWS11192    Global Crime, Justice and Security in Context   20  
LAWS11041    Criminal Justice and Penal Process   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) F - LLM Intellectual Property Law- 1 Year - Level(s) 11' (ROU_F_PTLLMINTPR1F1_11) , as available.
                    
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11125    Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
LAWS11141    IP & Technology: Developing Countries   20  
LAWS11140    IP & Technology: International Institutions   20  
LAWS11202    Intellectual Property - Law and Society   20  
LAWS11129    Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property   20  
LAWS11142    International Intellectual Property System   20  
LAWS11173    Managing Intellectual Property   20  

Notes:Please note that the courses in International Intellectual Property System and Managing IP are both taught on-line, and ONLY student on the Intellectual Property Law LLM are allowed to choose these two courses.
 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School(s) F - Global Environment and Climate Change Law (LLM) (Full-time)- 1 Year - Level(s) 11-11' (ROU_F/N/H/J_PTLLMGLENV1F1_11-11) , as available.
           
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11208    European Environmental Law   20  
LAWS11157    Law of Climate Change   20  
LAWS11132    International Law of the Sea   20  
LAWS11211    Comparative Environmental Law   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from Schools of Law and Social & Political Studies- History and Philosophy of Law (LLM)-Level 11' (ROU_F/J_PRLLMHISPL1F_11) , as available.
                 
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11119    Law and the Enlightenment   20  
LAWS11128    Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World   20  
LAWS11144    The Ethical Life of Legal Institutions: Law, Democracy and the Market   20  
LAWS11105    Legal Research Methods   20  
LAWS11222    The Anatomy of Private Law   20  
LAWS11214    The Anatomy of Public Law   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Law- Commercial Law (LLM)-Level 11' (ROU_F_PTLLMCOMLA1F_11) , as available.
                                                     
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11101    Contract Law in Europe   40  
LAWS11016    Company Law   40  
LAWS11123    Principles of International Tax Law   20  
LAWS11156    Banking and Finance Law   20  
LAWS11124    Principles of European Tax Law   20  
LAWS11133    The Law relating to Debt and Insolvency   20  
LAWS11188    Data Protection and Information Privacy   20  
LAWS11191    Sport and the Law   20  
LAWS11203    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law   20  
LAWS11204    European Procurement Law   20  
LAWS11190    International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments   20  
LAWS11201    Principles of Insurance Law   20  
LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
LAWS11223    The Law of International Trade   40  
LAWS11216    EU Competition Law   40  
LAWS11135    EC Labour Law   20  
LAWS11229    Delict and Tort   20  
LAWS11228    Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context   40  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 11' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_11) , as available.

Notes:Courses from this collection can only be chosen with the permission of the Programme Director.
 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Law- International Law (LLM)- Level 11' (ROU_F_PTLLMINTLA1F_11) , as available.
                                   
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  
LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
LAWS11131    International Investment Law   20  
LAWS11132    International Law of the Sea   20  
LAWS11130    WTO Law   20  
LAWS11224    International Law of the Marine Environment   20  
LAWS11221    Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law   20  
PGSP11156    International Relations Theory   20  
LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
LAWS11223    The Law of International Trade   40  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Law- Innovation, Technology and the Law (LLM)- Level 11' (ROU_F_PTLLMINFTL1F1_11) , as available.
                                         
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11037    Medical Jurisprudence   40  
LAWS11161    European Media Law and Policy   20  
LAWS11125    Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
LAWS11140    IP & Technology: International Institutions   20  
LAWS11062    Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1   20  
LAWS11136    Law of E-Commerce   20  
LAWS11129    Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property   20  
LAWS11141    IP & Technology: Developing Countries   20  
LAWS11063    Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2   20  
LAWS11157    Law of Climate Change   20  
LAWS11191    Sport and the Law   20  
LAWS11202    Intellectual Property - Law and Society   20  
LAWS11188    Data Protection and Information Privacy   20  
LAWS11137    The legal challenges of information technologies   20  

 

Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from Schools of Law and Social & Political Studies- European Law (LLM)-Level 11' (ROU_F/J_PTLLMEULAW1F_11) , as available.
                                      
Code   Course Name   Credits
LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  
LAWS11158    Economics and Policy of European Integration   20  
LAWS11110    EU Immigration and Asylum Law   20  
LAWS11161    European Media Law and Policy   20  
LAWS11151    EU Constitutional Law   20  
LAWS11113    Regulatory Governance in the European Union   20  
LAWS11217    Principles of Internal Market Law   20  
LAWS11204    European Procurement Law   20  
LAWS11208    European Environmental Law   20  
LAWS11216    EU Competition Law   40  
LAWS11135    EC Labour Law   20  
LAWS11124    Principles of European Tax Law   20  
PGSP11061    The European Union in International Affairs   20  

 

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