DPT: Medical Law and Ethics (Online Distance Learning) (LLM) (Part-time)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

Notes: On this route of study, students should take 80 credits in Year 1 and 40 credits in Year 2. Students studying part-time must take at least one module per semester. 120 taught credits must be completed before embarking on the dissertation stage.
Please note that a minimum of 80 credits (four modules) must be selected from the core module group (Group A) for this programme. These core modules can be spread over the duration of the programme. For further information on the core modules for this programme see: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/llmmedicallaw/
A maximum of 40 credits (two modules) can be taken from the optional group of modules (Group B) in this programme.
The dissertation is compulsory and must be taken in the student's final year on completion of the taught element of the programme (ie 120 credits/six modules).
More information is available at: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/teaching/llm/information/modeofstudy/

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

Code

Course Name

Period

Credits

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select a minimum of 80 credits and a maximum of 120 credits from these collections:

Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 120 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
LAWS11181	Biotechnology, Law & Society	20
LAWS11260	Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamentals in Consent and Negligence	20
LAWS11259	Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues	20
LAWS11302	Health Research & Commercialisation	20
LAWS11256	European Health Care Law	20
LAWS11337	Compassionate Care and the Law	20
LAWS11340	International public health law & ethics	20

AND

Overarching rule collection group: B
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 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
LAWS11258	Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Related Rights	20
LAWS11257	Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property	20
LAWS11179	International Intellectual Property System	20
LAWS11268	Contract Law in Europe	20
LAWS11273	Corporate Compliance: Case Studies in Law & Ethics	20
LAWS11269	International Commercial Arbitration	20
LAWS11300	Communications Law	20
LAWS11306	Comparative and International Corporate Governance	20
LAWS11304	International Oil and Gas Law	20
LAWS11307	Principles of International Taxation	20
LAWS11313	Electronic Commerce Law	20
ISSH11016	International Approaches to Dementia	20
ISSH11024	Managing Risk and Promoting Resilience in Dementia	20
LAWS11339	Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property	20
LAWS11174	Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence	20
LAWS11301	Law of Climate Change	20
LAWS11270	Dispute Resolution Methods	20
LAWS11338	Regulation of autonomous systems: the law of robotics	20
LAWS11163	Information Technology Law	20
LAWS11341	International law, human rights and corporate accountability	20
LAWS11180	Information: Control and Power	20
LAWS11347	International and European Media Law	20

Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

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

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
LAWS11205	Dissertation LLM Medical Law and Ethics	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond	60

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select a minimum of 80 credits and a maximum of 120 credits from these collections:

Select a minimum of 80 credits and maximum of 120 credits from the following list of courses, as available

Code	Course Name	Credits
LAWS11181	Biotechnology, Law & Society	20
LAWS11260	Law and Medical Ethics: Fundamentals in Consent and Negligence	20
LAWS11259	Law and Medical Ethics: Start and End of Life Issues	20
LAWS11302	Health Research & Commercialisation	20
LAWS11256	European Health Care Law	20
LAWS11337	Compassionate Care and the Law	20
LAWS11340	International public health law & ethics	20

AND

Overarching rule collection group: B
Select a minimum of 0 credits and a maximum of 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
LAWS11258	Intellectual Property Law: Copyright and Related Rights	20
LAWS11257	Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property	20
LAWS11179	International Intellectual Property System	20
LAWS11268	Contract Law in Europe	20
LAWS11273	Corporate Compliance: Case Studies in Law & Ethics	20
LAWS11269	International Commercial Arbitration	20
LAWS11300	Communications Law	20
LAWS11306	Comparative and International Corporate Governance	20
LAWS11304	International Oil and Gas Law	20
LAWS11307	Principles of International Taxation	20
LAWS11313	Electronic Commerce Law	20
ISSH11016	International Approaches to Dementia	20
ISSH11024	Managing Risk and Promoting Resilience in Dementia	20
LAWS11339	Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property	20
LAWS11174	Forensic Computing and Electronic Evidence	20
LAWS11301	Law of Climate Change	20
LAWS11270	Dispute Resolution Methods	20
LAWS11338	Regulation of autonomous systems: the law of robotics	20
LAWS11163	Information Technology Law	20
LAWS11341	International law, human rights and corporate accountability	20
LAWS11180	Information: Control and Power	20
LAWS11347	International and European Media Law	20

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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2015/2016

Degree Programme Table: Medical Law and Ethics (Online Distance Learning) (LLM) (Part-time) - 20 Months (PTLLMMELDL2P)

Year 1, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

Year 2, Academic year 2015/16, Starting month: January

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