LLM in Law and Gender
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
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The development of this LLM specialisation will capitalise on the Centre for Gender Studies as a multi-faculty centre from 2012, allowing students to engage with contemporary gender theories alongside existing PG Law modules that engage issues in gender and women's rights.
Students are required to take a core module in Feminist Legal Theory, alongside units on the human rights of women, gender and migration and gender and armed conflict.
Students combine the study of units specifically focused on gender and/or women's rights with the modules from the large list of law options available to LLM students at SOAS, allowing the student to tailor their programme to suit future goals.
In taking this module, students should hope to develop an understanding of the role of gender as a tool for analysis and critical analytical skills in feminist legal methods.
Students will also study the work of gender experts in contemporary institutions and situate contemporary legal reforms on women's rights and gender perspectives within feminist histories, while analysing the role of non-Western feminist actors and theories in leading future legal reform and gender perspectives.
Convenors
Carol G. S. Tan
Gina Heathcote
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- IT Law
- Human Rights
- Conflict
- Comparative Law
- Environmental Law
- Options
- IT
- LLM
- International
- Law
- International law
- Intercultural awareness
- Gender
- Cultures
- Legal Theory
Course programme
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 who wish to graduate with a specialised LLM are required to take at least 60 credits associated with his or her specialised LLM, a further 30 credits within the School of Law (General Law Postgraduate Taught Module List), and a final 30 unit which can either be taken within the School of Law or from the Language Open Options or Non-Language Open Options pages with the LLM Programme Convenor’s permission. The dissertation topic will be undertaken within the LLM specialisation.
Please note: Not all modules listed will be available every year. Please see the individual module page for information.
In 2017-18 Dr. Gina Heathcote will act as programme convenor in Term 1, and Professor. Carol Tan in Term 2.
LLM students are required to take:- Gender, Sexuality and Law: Selected Topics
- Gender, Sexuality and Law: Theories and Methodologies
- Human Rights of Women
- Law and Postcolonial Theory
- International Protection of Human Rights
- Gender, Armed Conflict and International Law
An additional 30 credits must be taken from the School of Law General Postgraduate Taught Module List or the Specialism Module List above.
Postgraduate Open Option ModulesA final 30 credits must be taken from the SOAS Open Option Module list, or from the General Law Postgraduate Module List above or from the Specialism Module List.
DissertationDissertation (12,000 words), on a topic related to the specialism of the degree
- LLM Dissertation in Law
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.
DisclaimerImportant notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
LLM in Law and Gender