Transnational Law

Course detail Description

The pathway will feature a foundational core module on ‘transnational law and global governance’ and a ‘transnational law colloquium’ featuring intensive interaction with experts from legal London and global practice and academia.

It will cover key areas in public law from a transnational law perspective, including human rights, development, refugee law, criminal law, policing & security and the interplay between domestic and international organizations.

With view to transnational private law, it covers corporate governance, corporate restructuring, commercial arbitration, labour law, business & human rights, and family law. It will also offer a module in transnational legal theory and legal sociology, 'film and transnational law' as well as a module on law's treatment of global piracy.

The leader of this pathway is Dr Octavio Ferraz.

This new pathway provides an in-depth engagement with core areas of transnational law today, it offers an unprecedented opportunity for students preparing for a career in global private practice, as in-house counsel or international public service, the non-profit sector or an international organisation or with adjudicatory bodies, agencies and networks.

Transnational Law LLM Brochure

In the first and second semester you study your selection of taught modules (half and full). These are in most cases assessed in the third semester (May/June) by written examination, or in some cases by the submission of an assessed essay.

Dissertation or research essays must be submitted in September, after the May/June examinations.

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Structure

Year 1 Required Modules

You will have to take one of the following writing projects:

• Dissertation (40 credits)

• Dissertation (60 credits)

• 10,000 word practice or research module (40 credits)

In order to meet the 180 credit requirement, students must select at least 100-120 credits from a range of optional modules. Students who wish to specialise within a certain pathway must ensure that at least 120 credits are taken within that pathway.

Modules available within the Transnational Law pathway may typically include:

• Transnational Law: Actors, Norms, Processes – Foundations & Perspectives (20 credits) – Recommended for the Transnational Law pathway
• International Human Rights Law (40 credits)
• International Law & War (40 credits)
• Financial Risk Stability & Regulation (20 credits)
• International Refugee Law (20 credits)
• Transnational & Comparative Contract & Moveable Property Law (20 credits)
• Transnational Corporate Restructuring (20 credits)
• Human Rights in War Times: Armed Conflict, Military Operations & Post-Conflict Justice (20 credits)
• Sociology of Law, Legal Culture & Transnational Challenges (20 credits)
• The Transnational Regulation of Global Networks (20 credits)
• Inequality, Human Development & The Rule of Law in Transnational Perspective (20 credits)
• Transnational & International Criminal Law (20 credits)
• Transnational & Comparative Corporate Law & Corporate Governance I (20 Credits)
• Business & Human Rights (20 Credits)
• Introduction To International Dispute Resolution: Mechanisms Between Private Parties (20 Credits)
• Introduction To International Dispute Resolution: Mechanisms Under International & European Law (20 Credits)
• Introduction To Transnational Litigation (20 Credits)
• Transnational Law & Technological Risk Governance: Expertise, Standards, Legitimation (20 Credits)
• Transnational Feminist Legal Theory (20 Credits)
• Transnational Bank Resolution (20 Credits)
• Corporate Actors In Transnational Sustainability Governance (20 Credits)
• Seas & Oceans: Integrating & Reframing The Law Of The Sea & Maritime Law (20 Credits)
• Transnational Property Law (20 Credits)
• Law & Practise Of The United Nations: Edging Towards Transnational Constitutionalism? (20 Credits)
• The United Nations Collective Security System: When Theory Meets Practice (20 credits)
• Transnational Human Rights Litigation (20 Credits)
• Political Philosophy & International Law (20 Credits)
• Global Law Of Climate Change (20 Credits)