Commercial Law – (LL.M.)

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You may take the LLM in Commercial Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years).
Students are required to complete 180 credits of study: this includes a dissertation to be submitted at the end of their studies (60 credits). The remaining 120 credits must be made up from taught LLM courses. Each curriculum for an LLM in Commercial Law student will resemble one of the following options:

Option 1Three full-year courses over two semesters of the academic year, each course carrying 40 credits (i.e. 120 credits).

Option 2Two 40 credit courses and two 20 credit courses (i.e. 80 credits plus 40 (20+20) credits, = 120 credits)

Option 3One 40 credit course and four 20 credit courses (i.e. 40 credits plus 80 (4 x 20) credits, =120 credits)

Option 4Six 20 credit courses (i.e. 6 x 20 credits = 120 credits)

LLM in Commercial Law students must take a minimum of 80 credits from the Commercial Law Courses listed below. The remaining 40 credits may be chosen either from this same list of Commercial Law Courses listed below or from the School´s other MSC and LLM courses.

Taught Postgraduate Degrees LLM in Commercial LawProgramme Director
Mr David CabrelliIntroduction to the Programme The principal aim of the LLM in Commercial Law is to provide postgraduate students with the opportunity for advanced learning on certain key areas of international commercial law. The one semester courses have a key role to play in fostering deep learning, enabling lecturers to explore a wider variety of subjects in greater depth. A further aim is the study of the law in its commercial context. Each of the core commercial law lecturers (Laura Macgregor, Scott Wortley, Parker Hood, David Cabrelli and Gillian Black) is a fully qualified solicitor and the teaching teams in many of the courses include full-time legal practitioners (Scottish and English).

The LLM in Commercial Law has a strong community atmosphere. This atmosphere is conducive to the exchange of ideas between students, which is central to the ethos of our programme. LLM Commercial Law students meet together as much as possible, not only for classes on substantive issues but also for skills training, social events, and recent innovations such as a visit to the Scottish Commercial Court.

Of central importance to the Commercial Law LLM is the recently inaugurated Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law. Set up by five core commercial law academics in the Edinburgh Law School, this Centre has several functions. It operates principally as a research centre allowing the members to co-ordinate their research efforts. A further aim is to strengthen and develop existing links with practising lawyers. A Commercial Law Seminar Series takes place under the auspices of the Centre involving leading commercial lawyers from the UK and further afield.

More information about the Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law

Programme StructureYou may take the LLM in Commercial Law either full-time (over one year) or part-time (over the course of two years).
Students are required to complete 180 credits of study: this includes a dissertation to be submitted at the end of their studies (60 credits). The remaining 120 credits must be made up from taught LLM courses. Each curriculum for an LLM in Commercial Law student will resemble one of the following options: Option 1Three full-year courses over two semesters of the academic year, each course carrying 40 credits (i.e. 120 credits).

Option 2Two 40 credit courses and two 20 credit courses (i.e. 80 credits plus 40 (20+20) credits, = 120 credits)

Option 3One 40 credit course and four 20 credit courses (i.e. 40 credits plus 80 (4 x 20) credits, =120 credits)

Option 4Six 20 credit courses (i.e. 6 x 20 credits = 120 credits)

LLM in Commercial Law students must take a minimum of 80 credits from the Commercial Law Courses listed below. The remaining 40 credits may be chosen either from this same list of Commercial Law Courses listed below or from the School´s other MSC and LLM courses.
Read more about the degree structure

Commercial Law Courses Candidates for the degree of LLM in Commercial Law can choose from the following list of courses, none of which is compulsory. Please note that the one semester courses only run at specific times of the academic year as noted below - they do not run in both semesters:

40 credit courses:Company Law
Competition Law
Contract Law in Europe

20 credit coursesFirst Semester Courses

Banking and Finance Law
Commercial Agency Law: International Perspectives (not running 2010/2011)
Data Protection and Information Privacy
Principles of International Tax Law
International Commercial Arbitration
International Private Law: Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgements

Second Semester Courses

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
EU Labour Law
Principles of European Tax Law
Principles of Insurance Law
Debt and Insolvency Law
EU Public Procurement Law
Sport and the Law