MA in Human Rights Law

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 14,585 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA in Human Rights Law allows students to study human rights law, its application and relevance to a broad range of areas and legal issues, including Islamic law, Chinese law, gender, international law, conflict and labour 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.
Please note in 2017-18 Dr. Lutz Oette will act as programme convenor in Term 1, and Dr. Catherine Jenkins in Terms 2 & 3
Convenors
Catherine Jenkins
Lutz Oette

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Start date

City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • School
  • IT Law
  • Human Rights
  • Human Rights Law
  • Conflict
  • Comparative Law
  • Labour Law
  • Environmental Law
  • IT
  • International
  • Law
  • Culture
  • Justice
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Heritage roles
  • Critical judgment skills
  • International law

Course programme

To facilitate the study of law, all MA students are required to attend a two-week Preliminary Law, Legal Reasoning and Legal Methods in the September before beginning the MA 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 MA are required to take at least 60 credits associated with his or her specialised MA, 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 MA Programme Convenor’s permission. The dissertation topic will be undertaken within the MA specialisation.

Please note: Not all modules listed will be available every year. Please see the individual module page for information.



Specialism Module List (at least 60 credits to be taken)
  • Gender, Sexuality and Law: Theories and Methodologies
  • Gender, Sexuality and Law: Selected Topics
  • Gender, Armed Conflict and International Law
  • Human Rights and Islamic Law
  • Human Rights of Women
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Human Rights Clinic
  • International Refugee and Migration Law
  • International Protection of Human Rights
  • Justice, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Post Conflict Societies
  • Law and Society in Southeast Asia
  • Law and Postcolonial Theory
  • Law, Human Rights and Peace Building: The Israeli-Palestinian Case
  • Law, Rights & Social Change
  • The Law of Armed Conflict
  • Race and Rights
General Law Postgraduate Module List

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 Modules

A 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.

Dissertation

Students must also complete a Dissertation in Law, which should be on a topic relating to their chosen MA specialism.

  • MA 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.

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