• Develop a critical awareness of, and an ability to employ, competing analytical frameworks within the discourse surrounding the global economy
• Understand a broad range of issues and contexts related to the world economy.
• Develop the ability to analyse, articulate and write on the subject, by linking previous or current experience with an academic inquiry, particularly via the dissertation

General skills

• Develop an extended and deepened understanding of the world economy in a variety of contexts
• Apply critical and contextual approaches across a wide variety of subjects related to the world economy
• Deal with different approaches and the nature of the world economy
• Explore the conceptual dilemmas related to the world economy

Knowledge

• Familiarity with the International critical debates in the context of the world economy discourse
• Working of the world economy
• Specific case studies
• Develop expertise by linking previous or current experience with academic enquiry, particularly via the dissertation.

Thinking skills

• Read critical legal material and understand the complex socio-political issues
• Critically analyse theories and concepts underpinning the discourse on the world economy
• Ability to choose from and employ competing analytical frameworks within the field/discourses of the world economy
• Identify problems of arising out of the development of the world economy

Subject-Based Practical skills

• Evaluate  institutional and organizational practices that underpin the world economy
• Contextualise the issues of law, politics and morality to given questions on the world economy.
• Develop strategies for specific situations relating to problems of the world economy

Skills for life and work (general skills)

• Critical analysis of world economy issues and discourse
• Ability to use methodology from a range of disciplines to discuss the nature of the world economy
• Develop the skills of advocacy and essay/report writing in general areas relating to the world economy.

The typical duration of this programme is one year full-time or two years part-time.  It is possible to move from full-time to part-time study and vice-versa to accommodate any external factors such as financial constraints or domestic commitments.  Many of our students make use of this flexibility and this may impact on the overall duration of their study period.

The teaching year is divided into two semesters of roughly equal length.  A typical full-time student will study two 30 credit modules per semester and a typical part-time student will study one module per semester. Dissertation of 60 credits is undertaken on completion of the four modules-  during the summer for the full time student and in the second year for the part time student.

LLM in International Law and the World Economy is awarded to students who have accumulated 180 credits (with four modules and a dissertation). Full time students do so in one academic year while part time studies spread it over two years.

Full Time Students

Part Time Students

Note: PG diploma in Legal Studies is awarded to students who have completed 120 credits, having completed the modules but not the dissertation.

Option modules available include:

• Globalization LAM404
• Economic Integration of Developing Countries LAM417
• Law of International Finance LAM432
• International Environmental Law LAM414
• Law and Development LAM408
• Regulation of Transnational Corporations LAM411
• Regulation of Financial Markets LAM431
• Law and Policy in the Middle East LAM402
• Business and Human rights LAM430

One optional module can be taken from any LLM or MSc Terrorism Studies.

Students completing four modules of assessments with 30 credits each and a dissertation of 60 credits are awarded LLM in International Law and the World Economy.  Students completing only 120 credits are awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in International Law and the World Economy while students completing only 60 credits with two modules are eligible for a Post graduate certificate in International Law and the World Economy.

A candidate who passes four modules and the dissertation and gains an average mark of 70% or over is entitled to the award of LLM in International Law and the World Economy with distinction. A candidate with 70% or over for the dissertation, and two of the taught modules may be considered for the award of distinction.

Further information

LLM (International Law and the World Economy) is modelled on the LLM (International Law) and approximates the LLM (Modular). It is based on existing modules but provides recognition to students who have chosen world economy options with the degree title of LLM (International Law and the World Economy) rather than the general LLM (Modular).

In order to gain a Postgraduate Certificate, you will need to obtain 60 credits at Level M.
In order to gain a Postgraduate Diploma, you will need to obtain 120 credits at Level M
In order to obtain a Masters, you will need to obtain 180 credits at Level M. These credits will include a 60 credit level M core module of advanced independent research.

The individual modules are delivered through lectures and seminar series involving both staff and student presentations.

• Students prepare for classroom participation through reading and analysis of distributed material, readings from the indicative reading and their own research. This process develops the knowledge base of students, their thinking and analytical skills, the practical application of theories and doctrine and significantly contributes to the development of general skills in preparation for life and work.

Apart from class contributions, Students are expected to develop their ideas through research and preparation leading to a research based essay whose title is negotiated.

• Negotiated essay titles and supervision involves one to one interaction with the tutor where the student’s choice of research subject and proposed essay structure are discussed. This process develops the knowledge base of students as there is discussion of content, their critical thinking and analytical skills as students are expected to contribute original ideas, the practical application of theories and doctrines and in acquiring research methods and essay writing.

The LLM programme, in general, offers several avenues for development of knowledge, critical thinking, practical application and general skills for life and work. These include Day schools, guest seminar series and voluntary placement schemes.

In addition to the four modules, Students also undertake a long essay, the LLM thesis, which further develops the skills listed above and elaborated in the assessment criteria, below. 

As the LLM programme is designed as a researched based degree, the formal assessment method for most of the modules is the evaluation of an essay, approximately 7,000 words, submitted at the end of the semester. However, the titles and structure are negotiated by the student with the tutor which contributes to the research exercise.

* The research essays develop knowledge in the chosen area while at the same time demonstrating the links with other doctrines and related subjects and the overall context.
* As the essays are expected to be based on original research by students, the assessment criteria emphasises analysis and critical appreciation (as opposed to mere narratives).
* The content of the modules and the choice of the essay titles are geared to the development of practical skills based either on practical application or appreciation of theories/doctrines or evaluation of contemporary trends and developments.
* The essay writing process is a vital skill that is central to general ability to think, articulate and build ideas and projects- essential for life and work.