LLM Law

Applicants should normally possess a Bachelors degree (UK 2.2 or higher) or equivalent qualification from a recognised overseas university or institution.

English language requirements

IELTS minimum overall: 7.0

IELTS minimum by component: 6.0

All fees are subject to increase or review for subsequent academic years. Please note that not all visa routes permit part-time study and overseas students entering the UK on a Tier 4 visa will not be permitted to study on a part-time basis.

Module Overview

Teaching is primarily by interactive seminars in which you will be encouraged to adopt a critical attitude to the elements of each subject you are studying. You will develop a profound understanding of the relevant law and its underlying concepts. You will undertake sophisticated and wide-ranging independent research, looking beyond primary legal sources into the underlying theories and rationale of the English and other legal systems.

You are expected to offer fresh insights into legal problems and address the tensions within and among the underlying legal theories. You will select your modules from the following list (subject to timetabling restrictions). Some modules may not be offered.

Module options

Semester 1

• Advanced International Environmental Law
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Law
• European Human Rights Law
• Foundations of EU Law
• Institutional Architecture of the European Union (School of Politics)
• International Carriage of Goods by Sea
• International Criminal Law
• International Trade Law
• Law of the Internal Market
• The Law of International Organisations
• WTO Law

Semester 2

• Comparative Company Law
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Criminal Justice System (Department of Sociology)
• Environmental and Climate Change Law: Liability in a Business Context
• EU Employment Law Social Policy
• EU International Relations Law and Policy
• Foreign Direct Investment
• General Principles of Insolvency Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Carriage of Goods by Other Modes
• International Human Rights Law
• Law and Policy for Ecosystems Services
• Law and Policy of EU External Trade Law
• Law of Armed Conflict
• Law, Society and Social Control (Department of Sociology)
• Marine Insurance Law
• Policies of the European Union (School of Politics)

Examples of module content

Corporate Law

This module explores legal concepts in corporate law, and the wider debates and concerns surrounding them. It analyses the impact of recent reforms under the Companies Act 2006, and promotes discussion of the policy approach to corporate law prevailing in the UK. While the focus is predominantly on UK law, examples drawn from other jurisdictions provide a setting for the analysis of theoretical and policy issues.

International Carriage of Goods by Sea

This module examines the relationships that arise in situations where goods are carried by sea from one country to another. In particular it examines voyage charter parties’ bills of lading and sea waybills. The module also looks at electronic alternatives to bills of lading and sea waybills.

International Carriage of Goods by Other Modes

This module examines the responsibilities and liabilities of transportation involving other forms of unimodal transport – air, rail and road. You will examine various regimes: Warsaw regime and Montreal Convention for air, Convention of Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) for road and Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM) for rail. This module will also focus on the use of multimodal transport (that is, door-to-door transportation using a combination of modes of transportation) and examine the legal challenges faced where such transportation is used.

Corporate Governance

This module examines the notion of corporate governance, which is usually described as being the governance of large corporations which dominate modern economic life. From this perspective, the module will be concentrating on debates about the nature of corporations, the role and duties of corporate managers and about the goal of corporations and the interests in which corporations should be run.

International Trade Law

This module provides you with an understanding of the regulation of international trade, the political and ethical influences that shape international trade, the role of international organisations in harmonising the law of international sales and transportation of goods.

General Principles of Insolvency Law

This module provides you with a critical and advanced understanding of the theoretical foundations of insolvency law, as it applies to both insolvent individuals and to corporations.

Corporate Social Responsibility

This module examines the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR). It examines the concept from a historical perspective, and looks at the various meanings that have been attached to it over time. Although international in outlook, the module will concentrate on Anglo-American corporate theory in this context.