International Law

The programme can be completed in 12 months full-time, or 24 months part-time. The programme is structured as follows:
1. Four compulsory core modules:
Foundations of International Law (sem. 1)
Introduction to International Economic Law (sem. 1)
Advanced International Law (sem. 2)
International Law and Human Rights (sem. 2)
2. 60 Credits of Elective Modules:
Students can choose from a wide range of electives offered by the Law School; the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy; and the Keele Management School. See list of electives below.
3. Dissertation
Students must complete a 15,000-20,000 words dissertation on an international law topic. Students will be assigned a supervisor to guide them in their research and preparation of the dissertation.
List of Electives
Students will take 60 credits from a suite of optional modules offered by the Law School, the School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy (SPIRE) and the Keele Management School (KMS). Elective modules are grouped in disciplinary pathways. Students are free to choose their electives within a single pathway or across the various pathways. When 30 credits or more are taken within one of the pathways, the degree awarded becomes a ‘pathway LLM’, i.e. an LLM in International Law and Human Rights/The Environment/Politics/Business.
International Law Electives:
International Environmental Law
Global Business Regulation
International Humanitarian Law
Transnational Crime
Law of the European Union *
Business Electives:
Globalisation and International Management
Developments in International Management and Business
Global Business Regulation
Trading in the European Union
Commercial Law *
Company Law *
Human Rights Electives:
Equality, Discrimination and Minorities
Human Rights and Global Politics
Human Rights in a Global Market
Race and Justice:Civil Rights in the US
Understanding Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
Environmental Electives:
International Environmental Law
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Diplomacy
Dimensions of Environmental Politics
Green Political Theory
Climate Change: Governance, Power and society
Politics Electives:
The Changing International Agenda
The Theory of Global Security
Comparative European Politics
Reading War
US Foreign Policy
Modern Languages:
As part of their degree, students will have the option of taking up to 30 credits in Language Studies. Language studies, particularly in the core UN languages, enable students to increase their range of transferable skills. Keele currently offers courses in: Arabic; Mandarin Chinese; French; German; Japanese; Russian; Spanish.
The list of electives may vary from time to time, depending on staff availability and sabbatical arrangements. Modules marked with an asterisk are undergraduate modules. Students may only take 30 credits in such modules.