LLM International Law

• You should hold a law honours degree (minimum 2:2) from a recognised Higher Education institution or equivalent from a recognised overseas institution.
• Candidates who have successfully completed the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or the Common Professional Examination (CPE) will also be considered for admission onto the course.
• Non law graduates will be considered for admission if they have relevant experience or if they have a degree in a related area of study such as business, politics or international relations.

English Language Requirement:

• IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all components

Compulsory modules

• Research Methods - We will develop your approach to legal research by introducing you to key skills and concepts.
• International Law and Institutions - This covers the principles and scope of international law and its main institutions. You will explore the dynamics of the international community and the increasing role played by non-governmental actors.

Choose two modules:*

• Globalisation and the Law - This introduces you to what globalisation means in economic, political, cultural and social terms, and the legal consequences that derive there from. You will assess whether international law is equipped with instruments and institutions to regulate the consequences of globalisation.
• International Environmental Law -This module covers international legal principles and concepts relating to environmental protection in the context of wider political, ecological and economic issues.
• International Human Rights Law - Here, we examine the development of human rights protection in international law. We consider the philosophical origins, as well as the international and regional legal instruments and institutions that provide support for human rights.

Choose another four modules:*

• Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility - This module focuses on the difference between the concepts of corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, enabling you to assess the effectiveness of corporate governance and self-regulatory schemes.
• Natural Resources Law - This examines the legal regulation related to natural resources, looking at the sources and legal concepts applicable to natural resource activities, with a particular focus on the oil, gas, water and forestry sectors.
• International Humanitarian Law - This covers the international legal principles regulating armed conflict, in order to understand the principal institutional structures for implementing international humanitarian law.
• International Employment Law - This centres on employment law in an international context. The module relates to many of the themes explored in the materials of the International Labour Office (ILO), in particular globalisation, flexicurity (flexibility v security), human rights and sustainability.
• World Trade Organisation Law - We examine the laws, law-making and adjudicative institutions of the World Trade Organisation. Particular attention is given to the procedures for dispute resolution and other 'covered agreements' relating to international economic law.

Or one option*, not listed above, offered on any of the other LLM courses.

Dissertation

You will need to write a 15,000 word dissertation. This needs to be an original piece of work. You can satisfy this requirement by:

• carrying out empirical work that has not been done before
• synthesising issues not put together before
• looking at topics that have not been looked at before by people in the discipline
• examining existing knowledge in an original way, or
• bringing new evidence to bear on an old issue.