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Degree Programme Table: International Law (LLM) (Full-time) (PTLLMINTLA1F)

Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Please note that all students on the LLM in International Law must select at least one full year course from either: Fundamental Issues in International Law, International Criminal Law, Law of International Tade, International and European Human Rights Law or International Environmental Law.

    Students who have not previously studied international law may find it helpful to take Fundamental Issues in International Law.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS11071 Dissertation LLM International Law As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 19 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    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  
    LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11233    General Principles and Institutions of International Economic Law   20  
    LAWS11241    History and Theory of International Law   20  
    PGSP11156    International Relations Theory   20  

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    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  
    LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11233    General Principles and Institutions of International Economic Law   20  
    LAWS11241    History and Theory of International Law   20  
    PGSP11156    International Relations Theory   20  

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 120 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Please note that courses from this collection may only be taken with the permission from the Programme Director.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11125    Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights   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  
    LAWS11063    Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 2   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  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11246    Information: Control and Power   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11208    European Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS11132    International Law of the Sea   20  
    LAWS11211    Comparative Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11224    International Law of the Marine Environment   20  
    LAWS11244    EU and National Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11181    Biotechnology, Law & Society   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11125    Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
    LAWS11202    Intellectual Property - Law and Society   20  
    LAWS11129    Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property   20  
    LAWS11173    Managing Intellectual Property   20  
    LAWS11237    Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law   20  
    LAWS11246    Information: Control and Power   20  
    LAWS11179    International Intellectual Property System   20  

    Notes:Please note that the courses in International Intellectual Property System and Managing Intellectual Property are both taught online. Only students 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, 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, 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  
    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  
    LAWS11229    Delict and Tort   20  
    LAWS11228    Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context   40  
    LAWS11232    Commercial Banking and Financial Markets   20  
    LAWS11230    State Aid   20  
    ECNM11036    Economics for Postgraduates   20  
    LAWS11255    Theories of Financial Regulation   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    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  
    LAWS11124    Principles of European Tax Law   20  
    PGSP11061    The European Union in International Affairs   20  
    LAWS11111    EU Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS11230    State Aid   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, 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  
    LAWS11231    Surveillance and Security   20  
    LAWS11102    Youth Crime and Justice   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11223    The Law of International Trade   40  
    LAWS11123    Principles of International Tax Law   20  
    LAWS11203    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law   20  
    LAWS11242    EU External Economics Relations Law   20  
    LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
    LAWS11156    Banking and Finance Law   20  
    LAWS11179    International Intellectual Property System   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11125    Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights   20  
    LAWS11136    Law of E-Commerce   20  
    LAWS11129    Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property   20  
    LAWS11202    Intellectual Property - Law and Society   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, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11101    Contract Law in Europe   40  
    LAWS11229    Delict and Tort   20  
    LAWS11222    The Anatomy of Private Law   20  
    LAWS11190    International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments   20  
    LAWS11133    The Law relating to Debt and Insolvency   20  
    LAWS11201    Principles of Insurance Law   20  
    LAWS11243    Comparative and International Trust law   20  
    LAWS11240    Comparative Property Law   20  
    LAWS11239    Comparative Unjustified Enrichment Law   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11238    Principles of Competition Law for Innovation   20  
    LAWS11216    EU Competition Law   40  
    LAWS11237    Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11074    Criminological Research Methods   20  
    LAWS11041    Criminal Justice and Penal Process   20  
    LAWS11058    Theoretical Criminology   20  

     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11104    Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research   20  
    LAWS11122    Traditions of Legal Inquiry   20  

     


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