Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy LLM
Postgraduate
In Bradford
Description
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Postgraduate
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Location
Bradford
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Duration
1 Year
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Natural Resources form the bedrock of global economic development. However, development and use of natural resources have implications for the environment, often leading to other socio-economic and political challenges such as poverty, disease and conflicts, especially in developing countries. The resulting environmental impacts such as climate change, pollution and degradation of habitats and species extinction has also raised serious challenges for governance and diplomacy at the international level, often pitting international economic policies and frameworks with natural resources and environmental governance.
This course will provide you with an excellent understanding of the law and policy issues in this area, and skills necessary to pursue a career in this exciting field, whether this be in private legal practice, as in-house lawyers in corporations, policy-oriented work in intergovernmental and other international institutions in advocacy in civil society organisations.
The course offers a wide range of modules that are contemporary, academically rigorous and skills oriented. The design ensures you gain core knowledge of the wider context framing law and policy in this field whilst giving you the flexibility to tailor your degree to suit your particular interests by choosing from a range of specialist modules. You will explore emerging issues such as a low carbon economy, unconventional and alternative energy, the regulation and governance of multinational corporations and the responsibility of states in addressing these concerns.
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2:2 or above in any subject, or relevant work experience at graduate level.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Environmental Law
- Governance
- Credit
- Climate Change
- LLM
- International
- Law
- Climate
- Sustainable development Law
Course programme
The modules for this course can be found in the latest programme specification.
An intensive 2-week induction at the beginning of the course ensures that all students, including those from non-law and/or international backgrounds are taught the core concepts and academic skills necessary to achieve the learning outcomes.
You will then complete two compulsory core modules, carrying 20 credits each:
- Regulatory theory and practice
- Sustainable development Law in Contemporary Business & Society
The two core themes of these modules - regulation and sustainability - cut across all module subject themes and the themes of the other two new LLM programmes of the offered by the Law School: the LLM in International Commercial Law and the LLM in International Human Rights and Development. The two modules will be attended by the students of all LLMs, which will allow you to benefit from interaction with peers with wide ranging academic and professional interests. The assessment of those two modules will reflect the theme/stream of expertise of each student, thus taking into account the diversity of student interests and course focus.
You will then choose three from a pool of four 20-credit modules which have a broader focus on natural resources and environmental law:
- Climate Change Law
- Petroleum Law
- International Environmental Law
- Waste Management Law
The final 20-credit module of the LLM in Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy will be an elective from a larger pool of modules, wincluding modules from the other two new LLMs.
You will complete the LLM programme by completing a 60-credit dissertation. The topic of the dissertation will be from the area of Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy.
Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy LLM