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Postgraduate Laws programme:
Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Syllabus

Each course is divided into four sections. For most courses, there is some freedom to choose the order in which you study the sections. Students may choose sections from no more than four courses. All syllabuses are subject to confirmation in the Regulations.

Courses currently offered
Admiralty law
Applicable laws and procedures in international commercial arbitration
Carriage of goods by sea
Commercial banking law: bank customer relationship
Commercial trusts law
Comparative criminal justice policy
Constitutional and institutional law of the European Union
Corporate finance and management issues in company law
Equity and trusts in context
European Community competition law
European Convention on Human Rights
European internal market
External relations law of the European Union
Foundational and constitutional issues in company law
Human rights of women
Industrial and intellectual property
Insurance law (excluding Marine insurance law)
Intellectual property and sport
Intellectual property on the internet
International and comparative bank regulation
International and comparative competition law
International and comparative law of copyright and related rights
International and comparative law of patents, trade secrets and related rights
International and comparative law of trade marks, designs and unfair competition
International and comparative trust law
International economic law
International environmental law
International investment law
International law of the sea
International merger control
International refugee law
International rights of the child
International trade law
Jurisprudence and legal theory
Law and policy of international courts and tribunals
Law of financial crime
Law of treaties
Marine insurance law
Medical law and ethics
Multinational enterprises and the law
Regulation and infrastructure of international commercial arbitration
Russian law and legal institutions
Securities law
Taxation principles and policy
Telecommunications law
United Nations protection of human rights
Western European legal history
World trade law
Youth justice

Courses not yet available
African human rights law
Broadcasting law†
Derivatives law
European Community environmental law
Family, children and the state
Franchising law†
Freedom of expression law†
Human rights in post-conflict societies
Information technology law†
Intellectual property and medicine
International and comparative social justice
International commercial insurance law
International criminal law
International law of armed conflict and use of force
International natural resources law
Law of international finance: securitisation and bonds
Law of international finance: syndicated loans
Law of oil and gas submarine pipelines
Law on investment entities
Press law†
Private international law in international commercial litigation
Private law aspects of the law of finance
Russian civil and commercial law
Sentencing and penal policy
Taxation of business enterprises
Transfer of technology law†
Please note: where courses listed as being ‘not yet available’ are unlikely to be introduced within the next two years, this has been indicated beside each course (†). However, this information is provided as guidance only; it is not intended to imply the date by which any course will become available. Further information on the availability of courses will be given in the Regulations Supplement (published in July each year, if appropriate) and subsequent editions of the Regulations.