English Law & Hong Kong Law

Year 1

Year 1

Currently, students study the modules shown below. King's reviews its modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes and this list is therefore subject to change. Please check here for updates, or contact the School for further advice.

Each course is divided into modules. Each year at King's you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits and at CUHK you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits (30 CUHK units) in Year 3 and 108 credits (27 CUHK units) in Year 4. Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Elements of the Law of Contract (30 credits)
• Criminal Law (30 credits)
• Public Law (30 credit)
• European Law (30 credits)
• Legal Reasoning and Legal Services (non-credit bearing)

Optional Modules There are no optional modules for this course in Year 1.

Year 2

Year 2

You are required to take the following modules for this course:

Required Modules

• Law of Property (30 credits)
• Law of Tort (30 credits)
• Law of Trusts (30 credits)

Optional Modules

In addition, you will take 30-credits from optional modules, which may typically include:

Please note, it is possible to take Company Law at CUHK. However, it is strongly advised that Company Law is taken at King’s as the optional module to qualify for course and unit exemptions at CUHK for the JD degree and subject exemption granted by the PCEA for PCLL admission purpose.

• Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)
• Anti-Discrimination Law (30 credits)
• Commercial Law (30 credits)
• Company Law (30 credits)
• Competition Law (30 credits)
• Consumer Protection: advising global businesses and their customers (30 credits)
• Criminology and Criminal Justice (30 credits)
• Criminal Law Theory (15 credits)
• Environmental Law (30 credits)
• Family Law (30 credits)
• Finance, Credit and Security (15 credits)
• Human Rights Law (30 credits)
• Intellectual Property Law (30 credits)
• Labour Law (30 credits)
• Law and Economics (30 credits)
• Law and Social Theory (30 credits)
• Law of Personal Taxation (30 credits)
• Medical Law (30 credits)
• Moral Philosophy (15 credits)
• Principles of Enterprise Governance (30 credits)
• Public International Law (30 credits)
• Russian Legal System (30 credits)
• Transnational Company Law (15 credits)

Year 3

Year 3

Year 3 is spent at CUHK. You are required to take 120 credits (30 CUHK units) from modules at CUHK. Details of the course structure will be communicated after students are accepted onto the programme and have commenced their studies.

Required Modules

A typical year may include:

• Legal System (3 units)
• Legal Research, Analysis and Writing (3 units)
• Ethics and Professional Virtue (3 units)
• Jurisprudence (3 units)

Optional Modules

Optional modules may typically include:

• Principles of Constitutional Law (3 units)
• Principles of Civil Procedure (3 units)
• Principles of Administrative Law (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 1 (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 2 (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 3 (3 units)

Year 4

Year 4

Year 4 is spent at CUHK. You are required to take 108 credits (27 CUHK units) from modules at CUHK.

Required Modules

A typical year may include:

• Independent Research (3 units) OR Independent Research Dissertation (6 units)

Optional Modules

Optional modules may typically include:

• Principles of Land Law (3 units)
• Principles of Evidence (3 units)
• Principles of Criminal Procedure (3 units)
• Principles of Commercial Law (3 units)
• Principles of Conveyancing (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 4 (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 5 (3 units)
• Law Elective ‐ 6 (3 units)