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Law (MRes)

University of Glasgow

School of Law
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 5,290 - ≈ € 13,520 (non-EEA)
Location: Glasgow / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: September
Educational Form:
  • Taught
  • Research
Education Variants:
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of University of Glasgow

* MRes: 12 months full-time

You will take a combination core courses and optional courses, followed by a dissertation on a specialised topic during the final three months.

Core courses

* Advanced legal methods 2: Jurisprudence of concepts

Either

* Qualitative research methods, or
* Social science statistics 1

Either

* Advanced legal methods 1A: Legal research methodologies, or
* Advanced legal methods 1B: Traditions of legal enquiry

Optional courses

You can choose from a selection of Law LLM or MSc options and Politics MSc options.

Law (LLM) options (please note that this category requires a prior degree in Law or a degree with a 50% law component)

* Company law
* Law of commercial banking
* Intellectual property law and the market
* International economic law
* Competition law.

Law (MSc)

* Globalisation, law and human rights
* United nations law
* Fundamentals of international law.

Politics (MSc)

* Comparative European politics
* International theory
* Media and democracy
* Democratisation in central and eastern europe
* Enforcing human rights
* EU in international politics and development
* Internet, protest and civil society
* Political legitimacy: contemporary perspectives
* International security and global politics.

College of Social Sciences advanced electives in research methods

* Advanced qualitative methods
* Understanding social research.


Contents

* MRes: 12 months full-time

You will take a combination core courses and optional courses, followed by a dissertation on a specialised topic during the final three months.

Core courses

* Advanced legal methods 2: Jurisprudence of concepts

Either

* Qualitative research methods, or
* Social science statistics 1

Either

* Advanced legal methods 1A: Legal research methodologies, or
* Advanced legal methods 1B: Traditions of legal enquiry

Optional courses

You can choose from a selection of Law LLM or MSc options and Politics MSc options.

Law (LLM) options (please note that this category requires a prior degree in Law or a degree with a 50% law component)

* Company law
* Law of commercial banking
* Intellectual property law and the market
* International economic law
* Competition law.

Law (MSc)

* Globalisation, law and human rights
* United nations law
* Fundamentals of international law.

Politics (MSc)

* Comparative European politics
* International theory
* Media and democracy
* Democratisation in central and eastern europe
* Enforcing human rights
* EU in international politics and development
* Internet, protest and civil society
* Political legitimacy: contemporary perspectives
* International security and global politics.

College of Social Sciences advanced electives in research methods

* Advanced qualitative methods
* Understanding social research.

IELTS

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.

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Requirements

Entry requirements for Law (MRes) are a good first degree in law (2:1 upwards or equivalent) or a first degree (2:1 upwards or equivalent) with at least 50% of the credits in law.

If your first language is not English, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level

Language Proficiency

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade B (Score: 75)

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