MA Legal Studies (General Programme)
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA in Legal Studies allows students to create their own programme structure, choosing modules from a range covering comparative regional law, trade law, law and development, commercial law (including copyright and patent law), human rights, environmental law, Islamic law, dispute resolution, and international law. All SOAS modules are designed not only to introduce students to the general fields of law, but also to provide an understanding of how generic legal structures and processes may operate in non-Western social and cultural settings. All teachers on modules offered at SOAS are experts in their designated field. Many have years of experience advising governments, international organisations or non-governmental organisation, and many also have been or continue to be legal practitioners.
Convenors
Nimer Sultany
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Comparative Law
- Environmental Law
- IT
- International
- Law
- International law
- Legal
- Human Rights
- Intercultural awareness
- Legal Theory
- Preliminary Law
- Legal Methods
Course programme
To facilitate their study of law, all MA students are required to attend a two-week Preliminary Law, Legal Reasoning and Legal Methods in the September before they begin their MA.
Students must take modules to a total value of 180, consisting of a dissertation (60 credits) and 120 credits of taught modules. Taught modules are worth either 15 or 30 credits.
Students must take a mimimum of 60 credits from the School of Law General Postgraduate Taught Modules List.
A further 60 credits can be taken from the same list, or from the SOAS Open Option Module List.
Finally, all students must complete the MA Dissertation in Law, a 12,000 word submission based on a Law topic of interest to the student.
Please note: Not all modules will be available every year. Please see the individual module page for information.
This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants
If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.
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MA Legal Studies (General Programme)