Course Structure

LLM International Business & Commercial Law Programme

In order to gain an LLM in International Business & Commercial Law, you must obtain 180 postgraduate LLM credits.

In the first semsester, you will study compulsory modules, while in the second semester you will choose optional modules from a comprehensive list of subjects.

You will also be required to complete an extended dissertation on a topic of your choice.

The full-time programme is comprised of the following:

Semester 1

Four compulsory core modules are studied for 15 credits each:

• International Trade Law
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Group Structures
• Legal Writing and Research

Semester 2

In the second semester you select optional modules, of 15 credits each, from:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Contracting
• Commercial & Consumer Relationships 
• Employment Law
• Global Finance Law 
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Business Law
• International Competition Law

Please note: The School reserves the right to amend the list of options offered.

Dissertation

Together with the compulsory and optional modules, you must also complete a dissertation of 20,000 words, which is worth 60 credits. For the dissertation you select a topic of interest which we approve as being suitable, we appoint you a supervisor to help on a one-to-one basis, and you produce a piece of bound work which is either an original investigation or an ordered and critical exposition of existing knowledge. Fullsupport and guidance is given.

Past examples of dissertation include:

• Corporate Killing
• Pregnancy and Maternity Rights
• Policing the Environment
• Occupational Health & safety
• EC Directive on Packaging Waste
• A Treatise On The Transfer of Undertakings
• Minority Shareholder Rights and Section 459 of the Companies Act 1985
• EU Anti Trust and Competition Law in the Telecommunications Market
• The Right to Privacy and the Press In the UK

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