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International Economic and Trade Law – (LL.M.)
Brunel University
Brunel Law School
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 7,017 - ≈ € 12,153 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Brunel University
The aim of this programme is to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of selected areas of international economic and trade law broadly understood, with an emphasis on areas with a European and international dimension.
The LLM is intended to empower successful candidates to become practitioners, critical scholars, innovators and masters of their chosen disciplines.
The LLM will focus on conceptual and theoretical sources of the substantive laws regulating the fields of study; the procedural mechanisms for the application of those laws; and the challenges that attend evolution of principles, rules and procedures.
Law at Brunel
Law at Brunel University is well established and highly rated for its published scholarship, and well known amongst law firms for its distinctive undergraduate sandwich courses. It has recently been through the University's periodic review, which is designed to ensure that high standards of teaching are maintained. It has considerable expertise in various aspects of international trade law and European and international commercial law.
Brunel University
Brunel University has a population of over 13,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, including 1,600 overseas students from 110 countries. The campus is conveniently located in Uxbridge on the western outskirts of London, close to Heathrow Airport and with good transport links to central London. Most postgraduate students choose to live on or near the campus, within walking distance of seminar or lecture rooms, the Law School, and the library, and also the campus bank and shops and leisure, social and sports facilities. Uxbridge town centre is 15 minutes walk away.
The Graduate School
Brunel Graduate School offers postgraduates additional features for study and the opportunity to meet other postgraduate students from across the University.
Contents
On the International Economic and Trade Law programme, you take four taught modules running concurrently through the teaching year from October to May.
Students must take the three compulsory modules and a dissertation:
* International Economic Law
* International Commercial Arbitration
* International Trade Law
* Dissertation
One further modules must also be taken from those listed below.
* International Intellectual Property Law
* International Financial Law
* Public International Law
* International Labour Law
* European and International Competition Law
Core Modules
International Economic Law
You will study the law governing economic relations between States, and in particular the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its rules on the supply of goods and services, tariffs, subsidies and dumping.
International Commercial Arbitration
The main focus of the course will be on the use of arbitration to resolve disputes arising out of such international commercial transactions.
International Trade Law
You will study the law governing international contracts for the supply of goods, including the issues of transport, insurance, finance, arbitration, conflicts of laws, and international harmonisation of laws.
Dissertation
After the taught modules have been completed in May, if you are taking the LLM you will work on your dissertation under the supervision of a member of Law staff on a topic in International Economic Law or International Trade Law, agreed between you and the Programme Director. This will provide you with an opportunity to deepen your understanding of a particular area of interest in International Economic Law or International Trade Law. The dissertation is due at the end of September.
Elective Modules
One from a selection that currently includes:
International Intellectual Property Law
This course will focus on the European and international developments in Intellectual Property Law. Students will review the national and international protection of Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent and Sui Generis rights. This will include the study of WIPO treaties and TRIPS as well as European legislation.
International Financial Law
You will study the nature and function of banking, securities, and financial markets; European and international legal regulation of financial markets; the role of international financial organisations.
Public International Law
You will study the law governing relations between states, including international personality, statehood and recognition, territorial sovereignty, immunity, the law of the sea, state responsibility, dispute resolution and the use of force and international human rights.
International Labour Law
You will study the international structures, standards and processes developed by the international Labour Organisation (ILO) concerning equality, health and safety, child labour, freedom of association and other aspects of social justice in the workplace.
European and International Competition Law
Providing an understanding of competition law, together with the ability to subject it to critical legal and economic analysis, this module will show how competition law can curb anti-competitive business practices which restrict competition in economic markets. Although emphasis is placed predominantly on EC competition law, developments at a broader public international level will also be explored.
Note: modules are subject to withdrawal at the School's discretion.
Teaching and LearningThe teaching will usually take the form of classes, involving discussion of prepared reading, supplemented by lecturing from the module teacher to introduce and consolidate the discussion. Use of WebCT, our online learning environment, will also help reinforce learning.
AssessmentFor each module you will be assessed twice, first by way of a written essay and then by way of a "seen" or "pre-release" examination, where the question paper is released a short time before the day of the exam. Each assessment is worth 50% of the overall mark.
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Register Now!Requirements
You will normally be expected to have a second class honours law degree or equivalent to be considered for admission. Applications are welcomed from overseas students. If English is not your first language you will normally be expected to have a score of IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 585.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 585 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 92 |
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You can contact Dr Holger Sutschet to ask a question about International Economic and Trade Law at Brunel University.
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