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MPhil - Master of Philosophy
Streatham Campus
Part Time
Sep 2026
6 Year
The Law School has a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching and research, attracting academics, visiting lecturers and students from across the globe. As a postgraduate student at the School you will be part of a diverse and dynamic community.Our researchers' specialist interests collectively encompass a wide range of legal fields. Our academic staff come from a number of different jurisdictions and work in a breadth of legal fields from the historical and theoretical to the socio-legal.The subject-matter of your research is of course chosen by you, although we will give you advice and guidance in formulating an appropriate research proposal. Our legal history research spans the Middle Ages to the modern period, encompassing many areas of specialist expertise. Our projects shed light on the legal past, from the lives of Tudor lawyers, to the foundations of legal protection for the property of the mentally ill. Areas of expertise include: Administration of justice Business association Comparative legal history Criminal justice European courts and legal system Legal profession Legal methodologies Medico-legal history Property and trusts Social history of the law Tax Tribunals and arbitration Visual representations of justice