Programme structure
The LLM International and Comparative Public Law is available for study 12 months full-time over three terms and is University-based throughout this time. The taught components of the programme are delivered in the first two terms; you then have a four-month period in which to complete your dissertation. The final stages of your dissertation, betweeen the end of the third term and the submission date in September, may be undertaken at a distance.
During the programme you will study 180 credits, comprised of a number of optional modules plus a dissertation.
Compulsory module
| Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Dissertation | 60 |
Optional modules
You will choose a number of either 30 or 15 credit optional modules, to a total of 120 credits, from a regularly updated selection. There is also the opportunity to select up to 60 credits of study outside of your Law programme, with optional modules offered by the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, as well as Politics and International Relations.
Recent modules are shown below.
| Modules | Credits | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| European Convention on Human Rights | 30 | Terms 1 & 2 |
| European Political Integration (Politics Department) | 30 |
Terms 1 & 2 |
| International Human Rights Law | 30 |
Term 1 |
| International Criminal Law - Genocide and Crimes against Humanity | 15 | Term 1 |
| International Refugee Law | 15 | Term 1 |
| Immigrants and Refugees in the European Union | 15 | Term 2 |
| International Criminal Law - War Crimes and Crimes against Peace | 15 | Term 2 |
| International Humanitarian Law | 15 | Term 2 |
| European Private Law | 15 | Term 2 |
| Islamic Law and Human Rights | 15 | Term 2 |
| Human Rights and International Business Policy | 15 | Term 2 |
Modules available from other disciplines
The following modules are taught outside Law, and studying them is subject to the approval of the module convenors.
Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Ethnicity and Political representation in Latin America
Studying the Contemporary Middle East
Approaches to Middle East and Islamic Studies
Islamic Culture and Civilization
Politics and International Relations
- World Politics: Power and Institutions
- World Politics: A Critical Interrogation
- The Politics of International Law
- Critical Global Studies: the Politics and Governance of Resistance
- European Political Integration
- EU Public Policy
- Europeanization
- The EU in Global Politics
- Understanding Democracy in the Middle East
- Political Economy of Food and Agriculture
- Management and Governance: Comparing Public Administration around the World
- Policy and Politics: Theory and Strategy of Delivering Public Services
- Global Governance
- Regulation and Reform
More details about these specific modules can be found here.
