About this Course
Diploma in the Common Law
Structure and Syllabus
The Diploma consists of four subjects:
| One compulsory subject |
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| Common law reasoning and institutions (Intermediate Subject) |
| Plus three optional subjects chosen from the following: |
| Criminal law (Intermediate Subject) |
| Public law (Intermediate Subject) |
| Elements of the law of contract (Intermediate Subject) |
| Law of tort |
| Law of trusts (co/prerequisite 'Land law') |
| Land law |
| Jurisprudence and legal theory |
| Administrative law |
| Commercial law (co/prerequisite 'Elements of the law of contract') |
| Company law (co/prerequisite 'Elements of the law of contract') |
| Conflict of laws |
| Criminology |
| EU law |
| Evidence (co/prerequisite 'Criminal law') |
| Family law |
| History of English law |
| Intellectual property (co/prerequisite 'Elements of the law of contract') |
| International protection of human rights |
| Introduction to Islamic law |
| Labour law (co/prerequisite 'Elements of the law of contract') |
| Public international law |
| Succession |
Notes:
- In addition to the compulsory subject 'Common law reasoning and institutions', you choose three other subjects, only one of which may be another Intermediate subject.
- Co and prerequisites, when required, are shown in brackets beside the appropriate subject(s). For example, you need to have already studied 'Land law' (prerequisite) if you want to choose 'Law of trusts' as an option - unless you are studying the Diploma over one year as a full-time student, in which case you would study 'Land law' (corequisite) at the same time as 'Law of trusts'.