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Degree Programme Table: Law (LLM) (Part-time) (PTLLMLAWAA1P)

Jump to: Year 1, Year 2

Year 1 Academic year: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

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 maximum of 60 credits can be selected from any nominate degree programme. These credits can be split over both years of study.

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.

There are no compulsory courses in this year of this programme.

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 80 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Law - Commercial Law (LLM) Core Courses - Level 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Company Law
LAWS11016 40 credits
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
Principles of European Tax Law
LAWS11124 20 credits
Principles of Insurance Law
LAWS11201 20 credits
International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)
LAWS11207 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
Delict and Tort
LAWS11229 20 credits
Comparative Property Law
LAWS11240 20 credits
Insolvency Law
LAWS11297 20 credits
Practice of International Banking and the Law
LAWS11322 40 credits
EUCOTAX Wintercourse
LAWS11349 20 credits
The Law of International Trade (one semester)
LAWS11379 20 credits
Fundamentals of Comparative Private Law
LAWS11380 20 credits
AND

LLM COMPARATIVE AND EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments
LAWS11190 20 credits
Delict and Tort
LAWS11229 20 credits
Comparative Property Law
LAWS11240 20 credits
Comparative and International Trust law
LAWS11243 20 credits
Fundamentals of Comparative Private Law
LAWS11380 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Competition Law and Innovation (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
Law of E-Commerce
LAWS11136 20 credits
The legal challenges of information technologies
LAWS11137 20 credits
Intellectual Property - Law and Society
LAWS11202 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Corporate Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Company Law
LAWS11016 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
Principles of Insurance Law
LAWS11201 20 credits
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
LAWS11203 20 credits
Principles of Competition Law for Innovation
LAWS11238 20 credits
Comparative and International Trust law
LAWS11243 20 credits
Comparative Corporate Governance
LAWS11283 20 credits
Corporation Law and Economics
LAWS11284 20 credits
Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics
LAWS11285 40 credits
Practice of Corporate Finance and the Law
LAWS11321 40 credits
Practice of International Banking and the Law
LAWS11322 40 credits
AND

2018/19 - LLM EUROPEAN LAW

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
EU Constitutional Law
LAWS11151 20 credits
Data Protection and Information Privacy
LAWS11188 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
European Labour Law
LAWS11294 20 credits
EU Fundamental Rights Law
LAWS11323 20 credits
Human Rights Law in Europe
LAWS11326 20 credits
International and European Media Law
LAWS11347 20 credits
European Law Moot Court
LAWS11377 20 credits
Brexit: Withdrawal from the European Union
LAWS11378 20 credits
EU Criminal Law
LAWS11406 20 credits
EU Immigration Law
LAWS11407 20 credits
AND

2018/19 - LLM GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT LAW - External to the School of Law

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Political Ecology
GEGR11001 20 credits
Participation in Policy and Planning
PGGE11016 20 credits
Principles of Environmental Sustainability
PGGE11060 20 credits
Integrated Resource Management
PGGE11117 20 credits
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
PGGE11126 20 credits
Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability
PGGE11130 20 credits
Marine Systems and Policies
PGGE11186 20 credits
Marine Infrastructure and Environmental Change
PGGE11201 20 credits
AND

Courses from School of Law- Innovation, Technology and the Law (LLM)- Level 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
Law of E-Commerce
LAWS11136 20 credits
The legal challenges of information technologies
LAWS11137 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11142 20 credits
Data Protection and Information Privacy
LAWS11188 20 credits
Intellectual Property - Law and Society
LAWS11202 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
Information: Control and Power
LAWS11246 20 credits
Managing Intellectual Property
LAWS11261 20 credits
Medical Jurisprudence
LAWS11287 20 credits
Risk Society & Regulatory Frameworks
LAWS11288 20 credits
Communications, networks, and the law
LAWS11311 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - LLM Intellectual Property Law- 1 Year - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11142 20 credits
Intellectual Property and Human Rights
LAWS11369 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Exploiting Intellectual Property
LAWS11383 20 credits
AND

Courses from School of Law- International Law (LLM)- Level 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Fundamental Issues in International Law
LAWS11024 40 credits
International Environmental Law
LAWS11030 40 credits
International Investment Law
LAWS11131 20 credits
International Law of the Sea
LAWS11132 20 credits
International Criminal Law (one semester)
LAWS11219 20 credits
Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law
LAWS11221 20 credits
International Law of the Marine Environment
LAWS11224 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
WTO Law
LAWS11267 40 credits
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
LAWS11318 20 credits
Diplomatic Law
LAWS11319 20 credits
International Human Rights Law
LAWS11325 20 credits
Human Rights Law in Europe
LAWS11326 20 credits
International and European Media Law
LAWS11347 20 credits
Theories of the International Legal Order
LAWS11412 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - International Economic Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Fundamental Issues in International Law
LAWS11024 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
International Investment Law
LAWS11131 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11179 20 credits
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
LAWS11203 20 credits
International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)
LAWS11207 20 credits
EU External Economic Relations Law
LAWS11242 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
WTO Law
LAWS11267 40 credits
Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics
LAWS11285 40 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - History and Philosophy of Law (LLM by Research) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research
LAWS11104 20 credits
Law and the Enlightenment
LAWS11119 20 credits
Traditions of Legal Inquiry
LAWS11122 20 credits
The Anatomy of Public Law
LAWS11214 20 credits
The Anatomy of Private Law
LAWS11222 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Criminal Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
International Criminal Law
LAWS11028 40 credits
Mental Health and Crime
LAWS11114 20 credits
Sexual Offending and the Law
LAWS11264 20 credits
Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law
LAWS11265 20 credits
Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11292 20 credits
Organised Crime and the Law
LAWS11299 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Criminal Justice and Penal Process
LAWS11041 20 credits
Police and Policing
LAWS11047 20 credits
Theoretical Criminology
LAWS11058 20 credits
Media and Crime
LAWS11100 20 credits
Mental Health and Crime
LAWS11114 20 credits
Penal Politics
LAWS11215 20 credits
Surveillance and Security
LAWS11231 20 credits
Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11292 20 credits
Responding to Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11293 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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: 2018/19, Starting in: September

Notes:
Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

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 maximum of 60 credits can be selected from any nominate degree programme. These credits can be split over both years of study.

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

You must take these courses
Dissertation LLM General
LAWS11067 60 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 40 credits in this group.

Courses from School of Law - Commercial Law (LLM) Core Courses - Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Company Law
LAWS11016 40 credits
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
Principles of European Tax Law
LAWS11124 20 credits
Principles of Insurance Law
LAWS11201 20 credits
International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)
LAWS11207 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
Delict and Tort
LAWS11229 20 credits
Comparative Property Law
LAWS11240 20 credits
Insolvency Law
LAWS11297 20 credits
Practice of International Banking and the Law
LAWS11322 40 credits
EUCOTAX Wintercourse
LAWS11349 20 credits
The Law of International Trade (one semester)
LAWS11379 20 credits
Fundamentals of Comparative Private Law
LAWS11380 20 credits
AND

LLM COMPARATIVE AND EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments
LAWS11190 20 credits
Delict and Tort
LAWS11229 20 credits
Comparative Property Law
LAWS11240 20 credits
Comparative and International Trust law
LAWS11243 20 credits
Fundamentals of Comparative Private Law
LAWS11380 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Competition Law and Innovation (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
Law of E-Commerce
LAWS11136 20 credits
The legal challenges of information technologies
LAWS11137 20 credits
Intellectual Property - Law and Society
LAWS11202 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Corporate Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Company Law
LAWS11016 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
Principles of Insurance Law
LAWS11201 20 credits
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
LAWS11203 20 credits
Principles of Competition Law for Innovation
LAWS11238 20 credits
Comparative and International Trust law
LAWS11243 20 credits
Comparative Corporate Governance
LAWS11283 20 credits
Corporation Law and Economics
LAWS11284 20 credits
Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics
LAWS11285 40 credits
Practice of Corporate Finance and the Law
LAWS11321 40 credits
Practice of International Banking and the Law
LAWS11322 40 credits
AND

2018/19 - LLM EUROPEAN LAW

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Contract Law in Europe
LAWS11101 40 credits
EU Constitutional Law
LAWS11151 20 credits
Data Protection and Information Privacy
LAWS11188 20 credits
EU Competition Law
LAWS11216 40 credits
European Labour Law
LAWS11294 20 credits
EU Fundamental Rights Law
LAWS11323 20 credits
Human Rights Law in Europe
LAWS11326 20 credits
International and European Media Law
LAWS11347 20 credits
European Law Moot Court
LAWS11377 20 credits
Brexit: Withdrawal from the European Union
LAWS11378 20 credits
EU Criminal Law
LAWS11406 20 credits
EU Immigration Law
LAWS11407 20 credits
AND

2018/19 - LLM GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT LAW - External to the School of Law

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Political Ecology
GEGR11001 20 credits
Participation in Policy and Planning
PGGE11016 20 credits
Principles of Environmental Sustainability
PGGE11060 20 credits
Integrated Resource Management
PGGE11117 20 credits
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
PGGE11126 20 credits
Human dimensions of environmental change and sustainability
PGGE11130 20 credits
Marine Systems and Policies
PGGE11186 20 credits
Marine Infrastructure and Environmental Change
PGGE11201 20 credits
AND

Courses from School of Law- Innovation, Technology and the Law (LLM)- Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
Law of E-Commerce
LAWS11136 20 credits
The legal challenges of information technologies
LAWS11137 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11142 20 credits
Data Protection and Information Privacy
LAWS11188 20 credits
Intellectual Property - Law and Society
LAWS11202 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
Information: Control and Power
LAWS11246 20 credits
Managing Intellectual Property
LAWS11261 20 credits
Medical Jurisprudence
LAWS11287 20 credits
Risk Society & Regulatory Frameworks
LAWS11288 20 credits
Communications, networks, and the law
LAWS11311 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - LLM Intellectual Property Law- 1 Year - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
LAWS11125 20 credits
Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
LAWS11129 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11142 20 credits
Intellectual Property and Human Rights
LAWS11369 20 credits
Contemporary Issues in Exploiting Intellectual Property
LAWS11383 20 credits
AND

Courses from School of Law- International Law (LLM)- Level 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Fundamental Issues in International Law
LAWS11024 40 credits
International Environmental Law
LAWS11030 40 credits
International Investment Law
LAWS11131 20 credits
International Law of the Sea
LAWS11132 20 credits
International Criminal Law (one semester)
LAWS11219 20 credits
Inter-state Conflict and Humanitarian Law
LAWS11221 20 credits
International Law of the Marine Environment
LAWS11224 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
WTO Law
LAWS11267 40 credits
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution
LAWS11318 20 credits
Diplomatic Law
LAWS11319 20 credits
International Human Rights Law
LAWS11325 20 credits
Human Rights Law in Europe
LAWS11326 20 credits
International and European Media Law
LAWS11347 20 credits
Theories of the International Legal Order
LAWS11412 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - International Economic Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Fundamental Issues in International Law
LAWS11024 40 credits
Principles of International Tax Law
LAWS11123 20 credits
International Investment Law
LAWS11131 20 credits
International Intellectual Property System
LAWS11179 20 credits
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
LAWS11203 20 credits
International Commercial Arbitration (one semester)
LAWS11207 20 credits
EU External Economic Relations Law
LAWS11242 20 credits
International Climate Change Law
LAWS11245 20 credits
WTO Law
LAWS11267 40 credits
Regulation of international Finance: the Law, the Economics, the Politics
LAWS11285 40 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - History and Philosophy of Law (LLM by Research) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Theories and Philosophies of Legal Research
LAWS11104 20 credits
Law and the Enlightenment
LAWS11119 20 credits
Traditions of Legal Inquiry
LAWS11122 20 credits
The Anatomy of Public Law
LAWS11214 20 credits
The Anatomy of Private Law
LAWS11222 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Criminal Law (LLM) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
International Criminal Law
LAWS11028 40 credits
Mental Health and Crime
LAWS11114 20 credits
Sexual Offending and the Law
LAWS11264 20 credits
Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law
LAWS11265 20 credits
Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11292 20 credits
Organised Crime and the Law
LAWS11299 20 credits
AND

Courses from School(s) F - Criminology and Criminal Justice (MSc) (Full-time) - Level(s) 11

Select between 0 and 40 credits of the following courses
Notes:
No more than 40 credits from this collection can be taken across both years of study.
Criminal Justice and Penal Process
LAWS11041 20 credits
Police and Policing
LAWS11047 20 credits
Theoretical Criminology
LAWS11058 20 credits
Media and Crime
LAWS11100 20 credits
Mental Health and Crime
LAWS11114 20 credits
Penal Politics
LAWS11215 20 credits
Surveillance and Security
LAWS11231 20 credits
Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11292 20 credits
Responding to Global Crime and Insecurity
LAWS11293 20 credits
AND

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
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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