LLM
Programme codes: TMLL2 (Full time)
TMLL2EPT (Extended part time)
Department: Law
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules
The general regulations for MA and MSc Degrees and the Code of Practice for Taught Master's Programmes on the online Calendar apply to the LLM programme except in the event of inconsistency when these regulations for the LLM take priority.
In order to obtain the degree, students must complete courses (see Courses list below) to the value of four full units, which will normally comprise eight half unit courses. One of these eight half units will be the compulsory half unit Legal Research Skills course, which will be assessed by a 10,000 word dissertation. This stand-alone dissertation will provide the element of extended writing for all LLM students. Students will be required to sign a statement on plagiarism when submitting this dissertation.
Students can complete the LLM course requirements in either one full-year programme, or as a part-time student in two years, or by extended part-time study within a maximum of six years. Courses should be chosen from the list below. Subject to availability and with the permission of the Programme Director of the LLM, one complementary course from other Master's courses at the School may be selected to replace one from the list below to the total equivalent of one half unit. Exceptionally, and subject to the same conditions courses to the total value of one full unit may be selected to replace two courses from the list below.
Part-time students must satisfy the same requirements as those applicable to full-time students. Part-time students must take courses to the value of two units in their first year and courses to the value of two units in their second year.
Extended part-time students must satisfy the same requirements as those applicable to full-time students. Students must take courses to the value of one unit in the first year and successfully complete this. Students who successfully complete four units within a period of six years will satisfy the requirements for the degree.
Students registered before 2013-14
The LLM programme regulations for students entering in or after 2013-14 differ from those in force in previous years. This reflects a move to half unit courses in 2013-14. Students registered before 2013-14 are covered by the regulations which were in operation at the time of their initial registration on the programme. For earlier editions of the regulations please refer to the page for previous academic sessions. This page contains links to reference copies of programme regulations for years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14. If continuing students have any queries on these matters they should consult their Academic Adviser.
Examination
Students will be examined in courses to the total value of four full units.
An oral examination may be held if the examiners so determine.
For courses assessed by written examination (which will be the norm on the LLM apart from the Legal Research Skills course), the examination will normally be held in January, May or June. Questions may be set on recent legislation and current proposals for law reform within the scope of the syllabus. No materials may be brought into the examination room except in accordance with the regulations for the particular course.
Degree certificate
Students who successfully complete the LLM examination may elect to have one of the following titles attached to their degree certificate if, in the opinion of the Programme Director of the LLM, the title reflects the course of study followed by the student. This would mean taking a minimum of 4 courses within a specialist area. The possible titles are listed below with the courses attached to those areas listed with them. If no such election is made, the LLM degree certificate will state 'LLM' without further specification.
Courses
Compulsory course for all LLM students | |
Legal Research and Writing Skills (H) | |
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Banking Law and Financial Regulation | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
Principles of Financial Regulation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Financial Regulation (H) | |
Corporate Crime (H) | |
Financial Crime (H) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) | |
Law of Corporate Finance (H) | |
Financial Law (H) | |
Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (H) | |
European Capital Markets Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Banking Law (H) | |
Competition, Innovation & Trade | |
Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Principles of Global Competition Law (H) | |
Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects (H) | |
Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Foundations of International Economic Law (H) | |
The Legal Protection of Inventions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Mark Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Principles of Copyright Law (H) | |
Cyberlaw (H) | |
E-Commerce Law (H) | |
Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
EU State Aid Law (H) | |
Corporate and/or Commercial Law | |
Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Principles of Global Competition Law (H) | |
Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects (H) | |
Corporate Governance (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Insolvency Law: Principles, Rescue and Reconstruction Processes (H) | |
Insolvency Law: Company Liquidation and Stakeholder Interests (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
Corporate Crime (H) | |
Financial Crime (H) | |
The Legal Protection of Inventions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Corporate Governance - Advanced Topics (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration (H) | |
Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (H) | |
Commercial Remedies (H) | |
European Company Law (H) | |
UK Corporate Law (H) | |
Comparative Corporate Taxation (H) | |
Taxation of Corporate Transactions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Tax Avoidance (H) | |
Legal Aspects of Private Equity and Venture Capital (H) | |
Investment Treaty Law (H) | |
Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) | |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) | |
Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (H) | |
International Commodity Sales Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law of Corporate Finance (H) | |
Financial Law (H) | |
International Commercial Contracts: General Principles (H) | |
International Uniform Sales Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (H) | |
European Capital Markets Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Principles of Copyright Law (H) | |
E-Commerce Law (H) | |
Business Taxation (H) | |
EU State Aid Law (H) | |
Corporate and Securities Law | |
Corporate Governance (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Principles of Financial Regulation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Financial Regulation (H) | |
Corporate Crime (H) | |
Financial Crime (H) | |
European Company Law (H) | |
UK Corporate Law (H) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Legal Aspects of Private Equity and Venture Capital (H) | |
The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) | |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) | |
Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (H) | |
Law of Corporate Finance (H) | |
Financial Law (H) | |
Law of Corporate Finance: Securities Regulation (H) | |
European Capital Markets Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Criminology and Criminal Justice | |
International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (H) | |
International Criminal Law 2: Prosecution and Practice (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
LL4BC |
Policing and Police Powers (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
LL4BD |
Policing: Contemporary Issues and Controversies (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Corporate Crime (H) | |
Financial Crime (H) | |
Security and Criminal Law (H) | |
Explaining Punishment: Philosophy, Political Economy, Sociology (H) | |
Mental Health Law: The Civil Context (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (H) | |
Illegal Drugs and Their Control: Theory, Policy and Practice | |
Riots, Disorder and Urban Violence (H) | |
Courses outside of Law cannot be counted towards an LLM specialism. However, the following courses would complement this specialism: | |
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | |
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | |
European Law | |
European Union Law and Government (H) | |
Law and administrative procedures in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Legal Accountability and Redress of Grievance in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Principles of Global Competition Law (H) | |
Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects (H) | |
Philosophy of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Contemporary Issues of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Transnational Environmental Law (H) | |
European Company Law (H) | |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) | |
Employment Law (H) | |
Human Rights in the Workplace (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
European Capital Markets Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Comparative and Transnational Law (H) | |
Value Added Tax in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
EU State Aid Law (H) | |
Human Rights Law | |
Sexuality, Gender and Culture | |
Sexuality, Gender and Globalisation | |
Gender and Human Rights (H) | |
European Human Rights Law (H) | |
UK Human Rights Law (H) | |
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) | |
Climate Change and International Law (H) | |
International Law and the Use of Force (H) | |
Law in War (H) | |
Constitutional Theory (H) | |
International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (H) | |
International Criminal Law 2: Prosecution and Practice (H) | |
Foundations of International Human Rights Law (H) | |
Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (H) | |
International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (H) | |
International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (H) | |
Philosophy of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Contemporary Issues of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law and Political Thought (H) | |
An Introduction to the International Human Rights of Women (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Human Rights in the Workplace (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
The International Law of Self-Determination (H) | |
Theory of Human Rights Law (H) | |
Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) | |
Approaches to Human Rights | |
Information Technology, Media and Communications Law | |
Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
The Legal Protection of Inventions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Mark Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Media Law: Regulating Publication (H) | |
Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (H) | |
Principles of Copyright Law (H) | |
Cyberlaw (H) | |
E-Commerce Law (H) | |
Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society (H) | |
Intellectual Property Law | |
Global Copyright Policy: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
The Legal Protection of Inventions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Mark Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Trade Marks, Brands and Branding: Contemporary Issues (H) | |
Cultural Property and Heritage Law (H) | |
Art Law | |
Media Law: Regulation Publication (H) | |
Media Law: Regulation Newsgathering (H) | |
Principles of Copyright Law (H) | |
Cyberlaw (H) | |
Piracy, Content and Ownership in the Information Society (H) | |
International Business Law | |
Principles of Global Competition Law (H) | |
Competition Law: Challenges and Prospects (H) | |
Corporate Governance (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Business Transactions: Commercial Litigation (H) | |
International Business Transactions: Advanced Procedure and Tactics (H) | |
International Business Transactions: Conflict of Laws, Extraterritoriality, and Global Governance (H) | |
International Business Transactions: Contracts and Property (H) | |
Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Tax Systems (H) | |
International Tax Systems: Advanced Problems (H) | |
Foundations of International Economic Law (H) | |
Principles of Financial Regulation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Financial Regulation (H) | |
Corporate Crime (H) | |
Financial Crime (H) | |
The Legal Protection of Inventions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Innovation, Technology and Patent Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Fundamentals of International Commercial Arbitration (H) | |
Advanced Issues of International Commercial Arbitration (H) | |
Commercial Remedies (H) | |
Comparative Corporate Taxation (H) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Tax Avoidance (H) | |
Investment Treaty Law (H) | |
The Law and Practice of International Finance (H) | |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring in Europe (H) | |
Takeover Regulation in the UK and the US (H) | |
International Commodity Sales (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Financial Law (H) | |
International Commercial Contracts: General Principles (H) | |
International Uniform Sales Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
European Capital Markets Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
E-Commerce Law (H) | |
Comparative and Transnational Law (H) | |
Principles of Taxation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Consumption Taxes (H) | |
EU State Aid Law (H) | |
Legal Theory | |
European Human Rights Law (H) | |
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) | |
Climate Change and International Law (H) | |
Constitutional Theory (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
LL4BC |
Policing and Police Powers (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
LL4BD |
Policing: Contemporary Issues and Controversies (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Philosophy of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Current Issues in Intellectual and Cultural Property Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law and Political Thought (H) | |
Law and Social Theory (H) | |
Modern Legal History: Private Law and the Economy 1750-1950 (H) | |
Security and Criminal Law (H) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
New Technologies in Law and the Body (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Taxation of Wealth (H) | |
Tax Avoidance (H) | |
Law in Society: a Joint Course in Law and Anthropology | |
Foundations of Legal Theory (H) | |
Critical Perspectives on Legal Theory (H) | |
The Theory and Practice of Dispute Resolution (H) | |
Socio-legal Theory and Practice (H) | |
Theory of Human Rights Law (H) | |
Advanced Mediation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Cyberlaw (H) | |
Comparative and Transnational Law (H) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) | |
Courses outside of Law cannot be counted towards a LLM specialism. However, the following courses would complement this specialism: | |
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | |
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | |
Public International Law | |
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) | |
Climate Change and International Law (H) | |
International Law and the Use of Force (H) | |
Law in War (H) | |
Rethinking International Law: International Law and Contemporary Problems (H) | |
Rethinking International Law: International Legal Thought (H) | |
International Criminal Law: Core Crimes and Concepts (H) | |
International Criminal Law 2: Prosecution and Practice (H) | |
Global Trade Governance: Contemporary Issues (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Foundations of International Human Rights Law (H) | |
Selected Topics in International Human Rights Law (H) | |
Foundations of International Economic Law (H) | |
International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (H) | |
International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (H) | |
Transnational Environmental Law (H) | |
An Introduction to the International Human Rights of Women (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
World Poverty and Human Rights (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
International Dispute Resolution: Courts and Tribunals (H) | |
Investment Treaty Law (H) | |
International Dispute Resolution: Non-Adjudicatory Processes (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
The International Law of Self-Determination (H) | |
Public Law | |
European Union Law and Government (H) | |
European Human Rights Law (H) | |
UK Human Rights Law (H) | |
Terrorism and the Rule of Law (H) | |
Law and administrative procedures in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Legal Accountability and Redress of Grievance in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Constitutional Theory (H) | |
Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H) | |
Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H) | |
LL4BC |
Policing and Police Powers (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
LL4BD |
Policing: Contemporary Issues and Controversies (H) (withdrawn 2017/18) |
Philosophy of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Contemporary Issues of European Union Law (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Transnational Environmental Law (H) | |
Law and Political Thought (H) | |
Tax Avoidance (H) | |
Mental Health Law: The Civil Context (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Media Law: Regulating Publication (H) | |
Media Law: Regulating Newsgathering (H) | |
Mental Health Law: The Criminal Context (H) | |
Comparative and Transnational Law (H) | |
Principles of Taxation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Institutions (H) | |
Comparative Constitutional Law: Rights (H) | |
Courses outside of Law cannot be counted towards a LLM specialism. However, the following courses would complement this specialism: | |
Policing, Security and Globalisation (H) | |
Issues in Contemporary Policing (H) | |
Taxation | |
Public Economics | |
International Tax Systems (H) | |
International Tax Systems: Advanced Problems (H) | |
Understanding Issues in Tax Law and Policy (H) | |
Current Issues in Tax Law and Policy (H) | |
Comparative Corporate Taxation (H) | |
Taxation of Corporate Transactions (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Law in the Economy (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Taxation of Wealth (H) | |
Tax Avoidance (H) | |
Business Taxation (H) | |
Principles of Taxation (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
Consumption Taxes (H) | |
Value Added Tax in the EU (H) (not available 2017/18) | |
LLM Seminar Course | |
LLM Subject Area Specialist Research Seminars ‡ | |
Notes
‡ Not assessed; part of LSE's extra curricular intellectual development.
This programme, its constituent courses and lectures qualify as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and are accredited by the Law Society and Bar Council. Further information is available from the Department of Law.
