ObjectivesThis programme aims to provide a knowledge and understanding of the background to international trade, the transactional conditions conductive to its development and the specific and general problems which threaten the success and integrity of individual transactions. It also aims to encourage students to develop research skills in these areas.
Entry requirementsEntry requirements: A minimum upper second class honours degree, or the equivalent, in law.
International trade is a specialist but very important area of law. Whilst specialist, it has considerable numbers of practitioners all around the world and it is growing as a result of globalisation. Developing countries necessarily need more lawyers educated in this area as their development necessarily involves deepening involvement in the international trade process and the legal structures which underpin it. Globalisation also necessarily means that the same result follows in developed countries also for even here, trade is increasingly international.
Module details
The LL.M in International Trade Transactions programme requires the study of 120 credits of taught course units, at least 90 credits of which must be within the area of International Trade Transactions.
Details of options and course units available can be found on The School of Law website by following these links: Postgraduate - Postgraduate taught - Courses - Index of all course units/modules.
Course units available in any given year will not be confirmed until perhaps May or June preceding the start of the academic year. However, the LL.M in Trade Transactions will typically offer optional course units in International Sale of Goods; International Carriage of Goods; Banking & Payment in International Sales; Conflict of Laws in Business & Commerce; International Arbitration Law; and International Insurance Law (along with several other more generic optional course units).