LLM Law

Institution University of Edinburgh
Method At the institution
Location Edinburgh
Type Masters
Course fee By request

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LLM Law

Entry requirements Entry Requirements A UK 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent if outside the UK. English language standard: 7.00 IELTS or equivalent.
Academic title LLM Law
Course description The general degree of LLM is suitable for students seeking a wide range of choice among a number of advanced courses, without narrowly focusing their studies in one area of law. Students must take three taught courses and complete a dissertation. Unless demand is excessive, you may take any of the courses available on the LLM in Commercial Law, the LLM in European Law, the LLM in Innovation, Technology and the Law, the LLM in International Law, the two research-training courses attached to the LLM in Legal Research, or two of the options available on the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this programme, students should have acquired a more sophisticated understanding of their chosen subjects,including the diverse functions of law in contemporary society, differing approaches to the subject and a greater familiarity with research materials and methods.

How You Will Be Taught

Courses will be taught by seminar. Students are expected to prepare in advance by reading the required materials and by reflecting on the issues to be discussed. For the dissertation, students will be allocated a supervisor, who will provide guidance and support. The purpose of the dissertation, however, is to allow students independently to design and conduct a piece of research and analysis.

The LLM degree comprises 180 credits. Students must complete 120 credits of taught courses (the dissertation accounts for 60 programme credits). LLM in Law students must take a minimum of 80 credits from Table A and/or Table B (in other words, a maximum of 40 credits may be taken from Table C i.e. MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice courses).

Table A: LLM 40 credit courses (i.e. full-year law courses that run for both semesters)

    * Company Law
    * Contract Law in Europe
    * EC Competition Law
    * European and International Human Rights Law
    * Fundamental Issues in International Law
    * International Criminal Law
    * International Environmental Law
    * Medical Jurisprudence

Table B: LLM 20 credit courses (i.e. one-semester courses)

Semester One

    * Banking and Finance Law
    * Commercial Agency Law: International Perspectives
    * Economics and Policy of European Integration
    * EU Immigration and Asylum Law
    * European Media Law and Policy
    * Intellectual Property Law 1: Copyright and Related Rights
    * Internal Market Law: Concepts and Principles
    * International Investment Law
    * IP & Technology: International Institutions (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice
    * Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1 (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * Law of Climate Change
    * Law of E-Commerce
    * Public Law and New Technologies
    * Principles of International Tax Law
    * Traditions of Legal Inquiry
    * United Nations Law (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)

Semester Two

    * Current Issues in Constitutional Law
    * Current Issues in EU Law and Practice
    * Debt and Insolvency Law
    * EC Labour Law
    * Ethical Life of Legal Institutions: Law, Democracy and the Market (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * EU Constitutional Law
    * EU Criminal Law
    * European Tax Law
    * European Union and Parliamentary Governance
    * History of Private Law
    * Intellectual Property Law 2: Industrial Property
    * International Intellectual Property System (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * International Law of the Sea
    * IP & Technology: Developing Countries (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * Law and Journalism
    * Law and the Enlightenment
    * Law and New Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Risk and the Law 1 (note: this course will not run in 2008-2009)
    * Law, Culture and Rights in a Transnational World
    * Legal Challenges of Information Technologies
    * Philosophy of Private Law
    * Regulatory Governance of the European Union
    * Theories and Practices of Criminal Justice
    * WTO Law

Table C: MSc 20 credit courses (i.e. one-semester courses)

    * Criminal Justice and Penal Process
    * Criminological Research Methods
    * Cybercrime
    * Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
    * Media and Crime
    * Mental Health and Crime
    * Police and Policing
    * Theoretical Criminology
    * Youth Crime and Justice