Entry requirementsPossession of a good honours degree, the conferment of which included a substantial study of law. In exceptional circumstances students may be admitted to the programme where they can produce evidence, based on undergraduate study (or its equivalent) that they have been adequately prepared for the International and European law learning outcomes of the award.
Academic titleInternational and European Law LL.M
Course descriptionMasters
The LLM in International and European Law is a one year full-time programme (also available two years part-time) offered to those who wish to enhance their knowledge of International and European Law and gain a further academic qualification.
The programme is intended to provide an opportunity; Jr students to pursue postgraduate educational opportunities which are of contemporary relevance -through an in-depth evaluation of International and European legal rules and processes. It will provide a challenging academic experience for students. interested in postgraduate study of law and in addition will provide specialist education for those wishing to progress to further professional legal training
Units comprising the award
Certificate 4 modules plus research methods
* Laws of peace and conflict
* The Constitution, Institutions and Judicial remedies
of the European Union
* Legal foundations of the internal market
* Decision Making and Diversity within the European Union
* Research Methods
Diploma choice of 4 modules from the following .
* Private International Law*
* International Trade Law*
* International Human Rights**
* European Union Environmental Law**
* The EU as a global actor**
* European Employment Law**
* Equality Law**
* Consumer Law**
(* are core modules, ** are electives Note that the availability of electives will depend on student numbers In anyone academic year)
Masters
* Dissertation
Key features
The LL.M programme in International and European Law is distinctive as it includes the investigation and evaluation of contemporary issues such as the development of legislation to protect the human rights of individuals and groups. It is an opportunity to gain an insight into the operation and development of the body of international law which has come to form the basis of action in the enlarging European Union. It has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic, social and political contexts in which law is made. Expert academic staff LL.M contributing to the delivery of the Programme
includes Professor Richard Stone, Head of the Dept
of Law, Professor Ian Barnes, Jean Monnet Professor of European Economic Integration and Pamela M. Barnes, Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration.
At the postgraduate diploma stage students have the opportunity to choose from a list of electives. (Other electives offered within the LLM. In European Law programme may be taken by a student who is suitably qualified, following discussion with the programme leader).
Mode of study and assessment
Class contact time for the full-time programme is six hours per week. The course commences in mid September each year and finishes at the end of September the following year with the submission of a dissertation. Teaching is delivered in seven-week teaching blocks, with teaching on the certificate level of the programme running from September to
January, and the diploma level from February to May.
All the taught units on the certificate and diploma levels of the programme are assessed by means of an essay submitted at the end of a unit. The Masters level of the programme is assessed by submission of a dissertation.
Study routes
The programme can be studied on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis for one half day per week over
two years.
Individual units may be studied without reading for the certificate, diploma or the full award, for one half day per week over seven weeks.