LLM International Criminal Law and Security Who is it for?
You are a law graduate or qualified lawyer seeking to deepen your subject knowledge and enhance your career prospects either as a legal practitioner or within a legal environment in business, commerce, NGOs or government.
About the Course
The LLM in International Criminal Law and Security allows you to explore and analyse global relationships between criminal laws and national security. You will consider the tensions between security and human rights that exist in the contemporary UK, European and international legal frameworks.
International and European Human Rights
The module will analyse how effectively European and international law recognises, protects and enforces human rights standards. This will be examined in the context of specific legal documents and particular human rights violations such as alleged crimes against humanity and terrorism.
National Security, Terrorism and the Rule of Law
Course Content
To be awarded the LLM International Criminal Law and Security, you must successfully complete the taught modules including a course on research methods followed by a dissertation.
Modules Comparative Criminal Law
This module will analyse the criminal law of England and Wales in the context of criminal law in other jurisdictions. The comparative mode is only one aspect of study, however, and as such will be used as a tool of analysis alongside other methodologies. The module will therefore take a deeper and more theoretical look at the criminal law than that which comprises a typical undergraduate criminal law syllabus.
International Organised Crime
This module will analyse the threat posed to law and order by International Organised Crime (IOC). This will be examined in the context of the legal responses to IOC, with specific focus on the institution and legislative frameworks of the UK and EU.
This module analyses the nature and legal definition of terrorism. It also looks at the response to terrorism (policy and law) in relation to the UK, Europe and the United Nations and the compliance of these responses with human rights standards.
European Crime and Security
The module will analyse the development of the European Union’s law and policy in the areas of freedom, security and justice and the common foreign and security policy, areas traditionally the remit of member states governments. The module will assess the appropriateness of such developments and the operation of the current law and policy in the light of the wider international and regional context.
Research Methods
This module will allow you to develop your analytical, evaluative and research skills to undertake an independent piece of research at postgraduate level.
Dissertation
The dissertation is an opportunity for you to carry out research over a sustained period of time, probing issues of interest to you which have arisen out of previous study and interests. It affirms and tests your capabilities to engage with a research project relatively independently, supported by supervision.
Assessment
The course is assessed via a combination of time constrained reports, critical legal arguments, seminar presentations, module essays, examinations and submission of a dissertation of approximately 15,000 words.
Career Opportunities
Law in the UK has an increasingly international perspective. Many UK firms now have branch offices in major overseas financial and commercial centres where they advise local clients. As London is one of the most important financial and commercial centres in the world, many business transactions throughout the world now draw upon UK corporate law. At the same time the development of the European single market has increased the importance of European law. UK legal training can be applied to many spheres of employment and the knowledge and skills gained on this course will be valuable in a large variety of occupations.
Duration of Course
You can choose to begin studying in either September or January and study for 12 months. You will attend lectures, seminars and workshops throughout two taught semesters followed by a period of supported independent study whilst you complete your dissertation.
Entry Requirements
You will normally hold a First or Second Class Bachelor’s degree in Law. Applicants for whom English is not their first language will need to demonstrate that they meet the minimum English language requirement of IELTS 6.5, with a minimum of 6.0 in all categories (or equivalent).
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