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Degree Programme Table: Intellectual Property Law (LLM) (Part-time) (PTLLMINTPR1P)

Year 1, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: On this route of study, students must take 80 credits of taught courses in their first year and 40 credits of taught courses in their second year. Please note that a minimum of 80 credits must be selected from the core course offering for this programme. These credits can be split over both years of study. A maximum of 40 credits can be taken from courses offered as part of another nominate degree programme within Law.

    120 taught credits must be successfully completed before embarking on the dissertation stage. The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken in the student's final year on completion of the taught element of the programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 40 credits and maximum of 80 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  
    LAWS11237    Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law   20  
    LAWS11246    Information: Control and Power   20  
    LAWS11142    International Intellectual Property System   20  
    LAWS11261    Managing Intellectual Property   20  

    Notes:Students must select a minimum of 80 credits of courses from this collection. These credits can be split across both years of study.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11172    Information Technology, Investigation & Evidence   20  
    LAWS11182    International Public Health Law & Security   20  
    LAWS11171    Information Technology and Legal Reasoning   20  
    LAWS11174    Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence   20  
    LAWS11181    Biotechnology, Law & Society   20  

    Notes:The courses in this collection are taught via online distance learning. Students can select a maximum of one course per semester and only two courses across both years of study.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11136    Law of E-Commerce   20  
    LAWS11188    Data Protection and Information Privacy   20  
    LAWS11137    The legal challenges of information technologies   20  
    LAWS11238    Principles of Competition Law for Innovation   20  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11287    Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS11288    Risk Society & Regulatory Frameworks   20  
    LAWS11311    Communications, networks, and the 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
    LAWS11016    Company Law   40  
    LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS11041    Criminal Justice and Penal Process   20  
    LAWS11043    Cybercrime   20  
    LAWS11046    Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice   20  
    LAWS11047    Police and Policing   20  
    LAWS11058    Theoretical Criminology   20  
    LAWS11074    Criminological Research Methods   20  
    LAWS11100    Media and Crime   20  
    LAWS11101    Contract Law in Europe   40  
    LAWS11104    Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research   20  
    LAWS11111    EU Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS11113    Regulatory Governance in the European Union   20  
    LAWS11114    Mental Health and Crime   20  
    LAWS11119    Law and the Enlightenment   20  
    LAWS11122    Traditions of Legal Inquiry   20  
    LAWS11123    Principles of International Tax Law   20  
    LAWS11124    Principles of European Tax Law   20  
    LAWS11131    International Investment Law   20  
    LAWS11132    International Law of the Sea   20  
    LAWS11151    EU Constitutional Law   20  
    LAWS11190    International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments   20  
    LAWS11201    Principles of Insurance Law   20  
    LAWS11203    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law   20  
    LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
    LAWS11208    European Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS11214    The Anatomy of Public Law   20  
    LAWS11215    Penal Politics   20  
    LAWS11216    EU Competition Law   40  
    LAWS11217    Principles of Internal Market Law   20  
    LAWS11221    Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law   20  
    LAWS11222    The Anatomy of Private Law   20  
    LAWS11229    Delict and Tort   20  
    LAWS11231    Surveillance and Security   20  
    LAWS11240    Comparative Property Law   20  
    LAWS11241    History and Theory of International Law   20  
    LAWS11242    EU External Economics Relations Law   20  
    LAWS11243    Comparative and International Trust law   20  
    LAWS11244    EU and National Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11264    Sexual Offending and the Law   20  
    LAWS11265    Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS11266    Criminalisation   20  
    LAWS11267    WTO Law   40  
    LAWS11283    Comparative Corporate Governance   20  
    LAWS11284    Corporation Law and Economics   20  
    LAWS11285    Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics   40  
    LAWS11286    European Law of Capital Markets   20  
    LAWS11290    The Canon Law of Marriage in Scotland: 1500 - 2006   20  
    LAWS11292    Global Crime and Insecurity   20  
    LAWS11293    Responding to Global Crime and Insecurity   20  
    LAWS11294    European Labour Law   20  
    LAWS11297    Insolvency Law   20  
    LAWS11298    The law relating to debt   20  
    LAWS11299    Organised Crime and the Law   20  
    LAWS11309    The Anatomy of Civil Law   20  
    LAWS11312    Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (LLM)   40  
    LAWS11318    Human Rights and Conflict Resolution   20  
    LAWS11319    Diplomatic Law   20  
    LAWS11320    Unjustified Enrichment and Restitution   20  
    LAWS11321    Practice of Corporate Finance and the Law   40  
    LAWS11322    Practice of International Banking and the 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 a course from this collection can only be taken with the approval of the Programme Director. No more than 20 credits from this collection can be taken across both years of study.
     



    Year 2, Academic year 2013/14, Starting month: September

  • Notes: On this route of study, students must take 80 credits of taught courses in their first year and 40 credits of taught courses in their second year. Please note that a minimum of 80 credits must be selected from the core course offering for this programme. These credits can be split over both years of study. A maximum of 40 credits can be taken from courses offered as part of another nominate degree programme within Law.

    120 taught credits must be successfully completed before embarking on the dissertation stage. The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken in the student's final year on completion of the taught element of the programme.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    LAWS11212 Dissertation LLM Intellectual Property Law As available 60




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 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, 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  
    LAWS11237    Regulation of Innovation: Advanced Issues in Competition and Intellectual Property Law   20  
    LAWS11246    Information: Control and Power   20  
    LAWS11142    International Intellectual Property System   20  
    LAWS11261    Managing Intellectual Property   20  

    Notes:Students must select a minimum of 80 credits of courses from this collection. These credits can be split across both years of study.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11172    Information Technology, Investigation & Evidence   20  
    LAWS11182    International Public Health Law & Security   20  
    LAWS11171    Information Technology and Legal Reasoning   20  
    LAWS11174    Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence   20  
    LAWS11181    Biotechnology, Law & Society   20  

    Notes:The courses in this collection are taught via online distance learning. Students can select a maximum of one course per semester and only two courses across both years of study.
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LAWS11136    Law of E-Commerce   20  
    LAWS11188    Data Protection and Information Privacy   20  
    LAWS11137    The legal challenges of information technologies   20  
    LAWS11238    Principles of Competition Law for Innovation   20  
    LAWS11245    International Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11287    Medical Jurisprudence   20  
    LAWS11288    Risk Society & Regulatory Frameworks   20  
    LAWS11311    Communications, networks, and the 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
    LAWS11016    Company Law   40  
    LAWS11021    International and European Human Rights Law   40  
    LAWS11024    Fundamental Issues in International Law   40  
    LAWS11028    International Criminal Law   40  
    LAWS11030    International Environmental Law   40  
    LAWS11041    Criminal Justice and Penal Process   20  
    LAWS11043    Cybercrime   20  
    LAWS11046    Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice   20  
    LAWS11047    Police and Policing   20  
    LAWS11058    Theoretical Criminology   20  
    LAWS11074    Criminological Research Methods   20  
    LAWS11100    Media and Crime   20  
    LAWS11101    Contract Law in Europe   40  
    LAWS11104    Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research   20  
    LAWS11111    EU Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS11113    Regulatory Governance in the European Union   20  
    LAWS11114    Mental Health and Crime   20  
    LAWS11119    Law and the Enlightenment   20  
    LAWS11122    Traditions of Legal Inquiry   20  
    LAWS11123    Principles of International Tax Law   20  
    LAWS11124    Principles of European Tax Law   20  
    LAWS11131    International Investment Law   20  
    LAWS11132    International Law of the Sea   20  
    LAWS11151    EU Constitutional Law   20  
    LAWS11190    International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments   20  
    LAWS11201    Principles of Insurance Law   20  
    LAWS11203    Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law   20  
    LAWS11207    International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)   20  
    LAWS11208    European Environmental Law   20  
    LAWS11214    The Anatomy of Public Law   20  
    LAWS11215    Penal Politics   20  
    LAWS11216    EU Competition Law   40  
    LAWS11217    Principles of Internal Market Law   20  
    LAWS11221    Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law   20  
    LAWS11222    The Anatomy of Private Law   20  
    LAWS11229    Delict and Tort   20  
    LAWS11231    Surveillance and Security   20  
    LAWS11240    Comparative Property Law   20  
    LAWS11241    History and Theory of International Law   20  
    LAWS11242    EU External Economics Relations Law   20  
    LAWS11243    Comparative and International Trust law   20  
    LAWS11244    EU and National Climate Change Law   20  
    LAWS11264    Sexual Offending and the Law   20  
    LAWS11265    Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law   20  
    LAWS11266    Criminalisation   20  
    LAWS11267    WTO Law   40  
    LAWS11283    Comparative Corporate Governance   20  
    LAWS11284    Corporation Law and Economics   20  
    LAWS11285    Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics   40  
    LAWS11286    European Law of Capital Markets   20  
    LAWS11290    The Canon Law of Marriage in Scotland: 1500 - 2006   20  
    LAWS11292    Global Crime and Insecurity   20  
    LAWS11293    Responding to Global Crime and Insecurity   20  
    LAWS11294    European Labour Law   20  
    LAWS11297    Insolvency Law   20  
    LAWS11298    The law relating to debt   20  
    LAWS11299    Organised Crime and the Law   20  
    LAWS11309    The Anatomy of Civil Law   20  
    LAWS11312    Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (LLM)   40  
    LAWS11318    Human Rights and Conflict Resolution   20  
    LAWS11319    Diplomatic Law   20  
    LAWS11320    Unjustified Enrichment and Restitution   20  
    LAWS11321    Practice of Corporate Finance and the Law   40  
    LAWS11322    Practice of International Banking and the 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 a course from this collection can only be taken with the approval of the Programme Director. No more than 20 credits from this collection can be taken across both years of study
     



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