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LLM International Business Law

Programme code:LLM-LAW/IBLUCAS code:
Duration:12 Months Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Dr Subhajit Basu Contact address:s.basu@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Upper second class degree in law or equivalent.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Law

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Law

Programme specification:

The LLM in International Business Law (formerly known as European and International Business Law) enables students to develop knowledge and skills in relation to the legal rules regulating business activity in the UK and Europe, and at a global level. It enables our graduates to pursue careers in legal practice, or the public service, or any career where success is built upon the ability to understand, analyse and respond to developments in international business law.


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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Any student who has not studied Company Law, or who has done so, but not in a common law jurisdiction, must select Corporate Law (LAW 5550M) as an option in Semester One.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

LAW5661MPostgraduate Legal Research Skills15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5670MDissertation60 credits1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth)

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study up to 105 credits from the following optional modules:

LAW5315MEU Discrimination Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5320MEuropean Business Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5334MCyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5338MInternational E-Commerce Law15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5345MAlternative Dispute Resolution15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5377MFood Security, Climate Change and the Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5445MInternational Competition Law15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5460MInsolvency Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5466MInternational Insolvency Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5550MCorporate Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5556MCorporate Finance and Securities Law15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5558MCorporate Social Responsibility15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5561MLaw and Economics of Regulation: Theory and Practice15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5562MInternational Banking Law: The Regulatory Framework15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5565MInternational Banking Law: Capital Markets and Loans15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5567MInternational Corporate Rescue15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5568MInternational Corporate Governance15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5580MInternational Law of Credit and Security15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5584MPrinciples of International Financial Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5585MInternational Trade Finance Law15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5590MInternational Sales Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5596MIslamic Banking and Finance Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5612MTax Law and Policy30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LAW5631MConsumer Law15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5645MThe International Law of Foreign Investment15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5655MWorld Trade Organisation Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5686MTrade Marks, Geographical Indications, Designs and Trade Secrets15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5811MEnvironmental Law - international permit-based control of pollution15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
LAW5825MInternational Energy Law and Business15 creditsNot running in 201617
LAW5830MInternational Economic Law15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5861MInternational Human Rights30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
LAW5942MConflict of Laws in Business Transactions15 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
LAW5952MCentral Issues in Arbitration15 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Elective modules:

Last updated: 27/04/2016

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