Politics, Philosophy & Law

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
Our PPL LLB degree is the first course of its kind in the UK to offer a combined Politics, Philosophy and Law course with a unique opportunity to fulfil the entry requirements of a qualifying law degree. This interdisciplinary course, provides you with access to eminent academics from three outstanding faculties and challenges you to think deeply about key political, philosophical and legal issues on a global level; enabling you to develop an understanding of the concepts and to think critically about these methods and approaches of each area.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Recognised globally as one of the UK's premier law schools.
Teaching by internationally respected, leading academics and visiting lecturers and practitioners from global law firms.
Unrivalled location for law, based in the East Wing of Somerset House on the Strand, with the Royal Courts of Justice, Law Society and Inns of Court right on your doorstep.
Consistently high student satisfaction ratings in the National Student Survey.
Excellent legal research resources at the College's impressive Maughan Library.
Active student-run societies organising social and career-oriented functions as well as mooting competitions.
The generous The Dickson Poon Undergraduate Law Scholarship Programme aims to support the brightest and best students. The Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and open to all who apply to study Law at King's and who are offered a place on one of our LLB courses.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Greek
  • IT Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Politics
  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Modern Philosophy
  • Greek Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Metaphysics
  • Economics
  • Logic
  • International
  • Global
  • Law
  • Private
  • Property
  • Aristotle
  • Moral
  • Plato

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1

Currently, students study the modules shown below. King's reviews its modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting courses and this list is therefore subject to change. Please check here for updates, or contact the School for further advice.

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Legal Reasoning & Legal Services (non-credit bearing)
  • Elements Of The Law Of Contract (30 credits)
  • European Law (30 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of Philosophy options, which may typically include:

  • Introduction to Philosophy (30 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy I (15 credits)
  • Ethics I (15 credits)
  • Elementary Logic (15 credits)
  • Metaphysics I (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy I (15 credits)
  • Political Philosophy I (15 credits)
  • Epistemology I (15 credits)
  • Methodology (15 credits)


Year 2

Year 2 Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules are for this course:

  • Criminal Law (30 credits)
  • Government and Law (30 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of Philosophy options which may typically include:

  • Epistemology II (15 credits)
  • Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Ethics II: History of Ethical Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Intermediate Logic (15 credits)
  • Metaphysics II (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Logic & Language (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Physics I: Philosophy of Space & Time (15 credits)
  • Political Philosophy II: History of Political Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Political Philosophy II: Theories of Freedom (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of Political Economy options, which may typically include:

  • Ethics, Economics & Environmental Protection (15 credits)
  • Game Theory & Strategic Decision Making (15 credits)
  • Issues in International Politics (15 credits)
  • Modern Political Thought (15 credits)
  • Policy Analysis, Decision & Implementation (15 credits)
  • Political Change in Europe (15 credits)
  • Political Economy: Approaches, Concepts & Issues (15 credits)
  • Political Theory of Capitalism (15 credits)
  • Stability & Change in Post-Colonial Nations (15 credits)
  • The Economics of Politics (15 credits)
  • The International Politics of Energy (15 credits)


Year 3

Year 3 Required Modules

The following modules are required and may be taken in either Year 3 or Year 4:

  • Law of Tort (30 credits)
  • Law of Property (30 credits)
  • Law of Trusts (30 credits)
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (30 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to select further modules to bring your total credits for each year to 120. The range of optional modules available from each department may typically include:

Law

  • Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property (30 credits)
  • Anti-Discrimination Law (30 credits)
  • British Legal History (30 credits)
  • Commercial Law (30 credits)
  • Company Law (30 credits)
  • Comparative Private Law (15 credits)
  • Competition Law (30 credits)
  • Consumer Protection: advising global businesses & their customers (30 credits)
  • Criminal Law Theory (15 credits)
  • Criminology & Criminal Justice (30 credits)
  • Environmental Law (30 credits)
  • Family Law (30 credits)
  • Finance, Credit & Security (15 credits)
  • French Legal System & Laws (15 credits)
  • Hot Topics in Law, Technology & Society (15 credits)
  • Human Rights Law (30 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Law (30 credits)
  • International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)
  • Labour Law (30 credits)
  • Law & Economics (30 credits)
  • Law & Social Theory (30 credits)
  • Law of Personal Taxation (30 credits)
  • Machine Intelligence, Surveillance & Society (15 credits)
  • Medical Law (30 credits)
  • Moral Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Principles of Enterprise Governance (30 credits)
  • Private International Law (30 credits)
  • Public International Law (30 credits)
  • Russian Legal System (30 credits)
  • Student Law Clinic (15 credits)
  • Transnational Company Law (15 credits)

Philosophy

  • 19th Century Continental Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Aesthetics (15 credits)
  • Epistemology II (15 credits)
  • Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophical Texts I: Plato (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophical Texts II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
  • Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: the Heterodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: the Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Kant’s Epistemology & Metaphysics (15 credits)
  • Kant’s Moral & Aesthetic Theory (15 credits)
  • Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Metaphysics II (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz (15 credits)
  • Moral Normativity (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Logic & Language (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)


Year 4

Year 4 Required Modules

The following modules are required and may be taken in either Year 3 or Year 4:

  • Law of Tort (30 credits)
  • Law of Property (30 credits)
  • Law of Trusts (30 credits)
  • Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (30 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you are required to select further modules to bring your total credits for each year to 120. The range of optional modules available from each department may typically include:

Law

  • Advanced Constitutional Law (30 credits)
  • Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property (30 credits)
  • Anti-Discrimination Law (30 credits)
  • British Legal History (30 credits)
  • Commercial Law (30 credits)
  • Company Law (30 credits)
  • Comparative Private Law (15 credits)
  • Competition Law (30 credits)
  • Consumer Protection: advising global businesses & their customers (30 credits)
  • Criminal Law Theory (15 credits)
  • Criminology & Criminal Justice (30 credits)
  • Environmental Law (30 credits)
  • Family Law (30 credits)
  • Finance, Credit & Security (15 credits)
  • French Legal System & Laws (15 credits)
  • Hot Topics in Law, Technology & Society (15 credits)
  • Human Rights Law (30 credits)
  • Intellectual Property Law (30 credits)
  • International Commercial Arbitration (15 credits)
  • Labour Law (30 credits)
  • Law & Economics (30 credits)
  • Law & Social Theory (30 credits)
  • Law of Personal Taxation (30 credits)
  • Machine Intelligence, Surveillance & Society (15 credits)
  • Medical Law (30 credits)
  • Moral Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Principles of Enterprise Governance (30 credits)
  • Private International Law (30 credits)
  • Public International Law (30 credits)
  • Russian Legal System (30 credits)
  • Student Law Clinic (15 credits)
  • Transnational Company Law (15 credits)

Philosophy

  • 19th Century Continental Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Aesthetics (15 credits)
  • Epistemology II (15 credits)
  • Foundations of Analytic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophical Texts I: Plato (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophical Texts II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle (15 credits)
  • Greek Philosophy II: Plato (15 credits)
  • Hellenistic Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: the Heterodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Indian Philosophy: the Orthodox Schools (15 credits)
  • Kant’s Epistemology & Metaphysics (15 credits)
  • Kant’s Moral & Aesthetic Theory (15 credits)
  • Medieval Philosophy (15 credits)
  • Metaphysics II (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley (15 credits)
  • Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz (15 credits)
  • Moral Normativity (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Logic & Language (15 credits)
  • Philosophy of Mind (15 credits)

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