Human Rights (LLM / MA)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
Political, social and economic challenges are frequently articulated through the language of human rights. Is the rise of human rights discourse an emblem of hope and a political horizon, mobilising resistance to human need and suffering? Or do human rights claims deflect more radical political demands and block real transformation? Can the manifold crises of contemporary life be made more intelligible through the frame of human rights? These are just some of the questions taken up in this degree.
We take pride in offering you this exciting and innovative Master’s degree, which leads to the award of an LLM or MA Human Rights. On completing this programme, you will be able to choose which award you receive (the content is the same for each). The distinctive focus of the programme is on theoretically informed and multidisciplinary approaches to human rights. It aims to expose you to a critical and contextual engagement with the subject. You will study human rights in their legal, political, sociological, anthropological and philosophical contexts.
You will be introduced to a wide variety of approaches to research across a range of disciplines, and to the theoretical frameworks for advanced legal scholarship. You will also take option modules, choosing from a wide range of subjects in the area of human rights.
This programme is particularly attractive to legal professionals, and to non-lawyers who work, or would like to work, in the field of human rights, allowing them to reflect critically on their role as human rights activists and practitioners.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in the legal profession, government and the public sector, and research or journalism. Possible professions include human rights lawyer, barrister, or human resources officer. This degree may also be useful in becoming a researcher, journalist, or trading standards officer.
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
A second-class honours degree (2:2) or above in law, the humanities or social sciences; other subjects will be considered.
Applications are reviewed on their individual merits and your professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be taken into consideration positively. Your personal statement as to why you want to take the programme, and your academic and/or professional references will also be important. We actively support and encourage applications from mature learners.
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Subjects
- Financial Training
- CSR
- Financial
- Finance
- Philosophy
- Environmental Law
- IT Law
- Human Rights
- Conflict
- International Economic Law
- Risk
- LLM
- International
- Law
- Media
- History of Philosophy
Course programme
You take two compulsory modules and four option modules, one of which may be a research project.
COMPULSORY MODULES
- Issues in International Law and Human Rights
- The History and Philosophy of Human Rights
- Advanced Contemporary Issues in Islamic Law: Theory and Practice
- Advanced Intellectual Property Law
- Commons, Public Space and the Law
- Constitutional Law in Practice: Regional Perspectives
- Cultures of Human Rights
- Economic Approach to Law
- Environmental Law and Justice
- Environmental Problems and the Law
- Equality and the Law
- Futures: The Globalization of Human Rights
- Healthcare and Human Rights
- International Business and the Environment
- International Rights of Minorities
- International Trade Law
- Introduction to the History, Theory and Politics of Constitutional Law
- Land, Law and Dispossession
- Law Masters Research Project
- Law, Post-Colonialism and Political Economy
- Law, Post-Development and the Critique of Political Economy
- Law, Solidarity and Alternative Economies
- Law, Trade and Geopolitics
- Natural Resources Law: Critical Perspectives
- Negotiation, Interpretation and Explorations in Law, Arts & Human Rights
- Race, Law and Literature
- Social Justice
- Tackling Climate Change: Legal Responses
- The International Economic Constitution
- The World Trade Organization and the Environment
Additional information
Course Fee -
Part-time home students: £5790 pa
Part-time international students: £8850 pa
Full-time international students: £17700 pa
Human Rights (LLM / MA)