Course Overview

This LLM Law with Global Political Economy gives you the opportunity to focus on the operation and relationship of the systems of public international law and international economic law in the post-colonial context.

Why choose this course?

• You can look forward to a stimulating learning environment, alongside others with diverse backgrounds and professional experiences.
• The course is led by academic staff with extensive research expertise and publications in their field. They are part of a proud tradition of critical scholarship in law addressing issues of law through power and inequality and led by principles of social, economic, political, environmental and racial justice.
• It is ideal if you would like to advance your existing career or are ambitious to carve out a new career path. Our students include those with pre-existing knowledge or experience of law, and those with a desire to pursue a specialism in this area.

What you will learn

This LLM Law with Global Political Economy will equip you with a solid conceptual understanding of the systems of public international law and international economic law and, whether you are from a law or non-law background, will enable you to engage with questions of international justice.

During the course you will:

• gain an understanding of the intersection between law and other societal challenges, as well as the interaction between multiple areas of law
• learn how to transfer your understanding of complex problems and regulatory responses to different contexts
• critically evaluate legal, regulatory and policy proposals regarding law and the global political economy.

How you will learn

Our teaching is underpinned by legal, critical, policy, social sciences and humanities-oriented perspectives. You will be taught via a combination of pre-recorded lectures and seminars. Lectures are designed to engage you in an outline or overview of the topic, and seminars are group sessions in which you are encouraged to contribute to discussion or group work around the topic.

You will be able to choose between full- and part-time study. This course has an evening timetable with classes taking place in the evening.