When you join our thriving community of postgraduate research students, you’ll become part of a supportive and friendly environment where we are dedicated to understanding some of society’s most challenging issues.A research degree in Law gives you the chance to pursue a project based around your own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields.We have a wide range of expertise, and we invite applications in the following areas:Common, Contract and Commercial Law - particularly Comparative Law of Obligations, Securities, Company Law, IP Law and use of IP assets in securing funding for small and medium sized businesses, E-contract Law, Company Law, Equity Law, Law and Technology, and World Trade Law.Maritime Law - in particular Transport Law, Environmental Protection, Ship Building, Collisions, Law of the Sea, Marine Insurance, Salvage and Enforcement of Maritime Claims.Oil and Gas Law – especially Investment Treaties, Liability Regimes and Investment Arbitration.Public Law across domestic, regional and international levels including: Administrative Law Medical Law Children’s Rights Constitutional Law Devolution Economic Law Environmental Law (including Land-use Planning and Nature Conservation) European Union Law Gender and the Law Human Rights Law Investment Law Minority Language Rights Multilevel Governance Socio-economic Law and Public Procurement Law.Criminal Law and the Law relating to Terrorism, Cyber Terrorism and Counter Terrorism.