LLM/PG Dip/PG Cert International Business Law

Structure

Full time LLM (1 year, 180 credits)

Four core plus two optional modules are completed over terms one and two, with a Dissertation period in term three.
Part time LLM (2 years, 180 credits)

Four core plus two optional modules are completed over four taught terms, plus a Dissertation period
Two modules in term one, two modules in term two, and two modules in the first term of the following academic year.

PG Diploma (1 year, 120 credits)

Four core plus two optional modules completed over four taught terms
Two modules in term one, two modules in term two, and two modules in the first term of the following academic year.
For all pathways, attendance may be required during the day and/or evening, depending on your choice of modules.

Modules

Each module is typically worth 20 credits, except the Dissertation, Work Integrated Learning and Practicum in International Organisations modules which are worth 60 credits each. The Work Integrated Learning and Practicum in International Organisations may be chosen to replace the Dissertation with prior agreement.

Core modules

• Legal Research Skills
• Law of the International Sale of Goods
• Law and Policy of the World Trade Organisation
• International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
• Plus one of the following:
• Dissertation
• Practicum in International Organisations
• Work Integrated Learning
• Plus two optional modules from the list below:
• Business and Human Rights
• Comparative Corporate Governance
• Contemporary Issues of European Union Law and Governance
• Dismissal Law
• English Commercial Law
• European Union Law in Action
• European Human Rights Law and Practice
• European Union Free Movement, Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy
• Foundations and Principles of International Law
• Individual Employment Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Criminal Law
• International Human Rights Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• International Maritime Law
• International Migration and the Law
• International Organisations and the International Dispute Resolution
• International Whistleblowing Law and Practice
• Minority Rights and Indigenous Peoples in International Law
• UK and European Anti Discrimination Law

Additional optional modules available in International Politics, Criminology and Sociology
In addition to the Law modules listed above, students can study one of the following modules from International Politics, Criminology and Sociology either in term one or two.

Term one: Sustainable Development and Human Rights; Environmental Law and Governance; Migration Theories and Approaches.

Term two: Politics of Globalisation; Migration Politics and Policies.

Not all of the modules listed will be available in any one year. Module availability is dependent on staffing and the number of students wishing to take each module.