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Course Title:
LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law

Entry Criteria:
Applicants should have a good upper second class honours degree in Law or its equivalent or substantial practical experience in a field related to the course plus the ability to study at the Masters level.

Admissions:
Please see the postgraduate prospectus for further information. Any queries can be directed to pgadmit@essex.ac.uk or by telephone: 01206 872719.

English Language Requirements:
Non-UK students are generally required to produce evidence of proficiency in the English Language. We are able to take into account some school or other English Language grades as well as IELTS or similar. Please contact us if you have queries.

Information for Prospective Postgraduates:

LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law

Photo: Students working.Final Award: LLM, Master
Mode of study: Full time or part time
Location: Colchester Campus

Aims and Objectives

Public law and domestic human rights law are currently two of the most dynamic areas of law. The Human Rights Act, the growth in judicial review, the expansion of regulatory systems and the quickening of pace of constitutional reform present many new challenges and opportunities for lawyers and the courts. The LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law is designed to enable lawyers and advisers to develop their expertise in public law. While the primary focus of the course is upon UK law, opportunity exists for students to pursue courses in comparative law and international protection of human rights.

The LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law is available as a one year full-time module or as a two year part-time module. Where the LLM is taken part-time over two years the core module will normally be taken during the first year and the dissertation during the second. The optional modules will be taken according to the needs of the student and the requirements of the timetable.

Students are required to take the equivalent of ten half modules and prepare a dissertation. Generally speaking, a module lasting one term is a half module and one lasting two terms is a full module.

Students are required to take the compulsory 'core' module Central Issues in UK Public Law.

Course Structure

The range of optional modules may alter from year to year. Modules recently offered include the following:

Compulsory Modules:

Central Issues in UK Public Law (LW501)

Optional Modules:

Research Methods in Public Law (LW502)(not running 2008-2009)
Human Rights in Philosophy and Law I (LW503)
European Union Law and Human Rights (LW504)
Current Issues in UK Human Rights Law (LW511)
Election and the Law

Outside Modules of Interest:

Human Rights in the New Europe (LW913)
European Convention on Human Rights I (LW911)
The Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in International Law (LW907)
International Trade and Human Rights (LW917)
European Environmental Law (LW709)
Free Movement of Goods and Services in the Internal Market (LW705)

Further information is available from the University's Module Directory.

Dissertation

Students are required to submit a dissertation of 15,000 – 20,000 words. The topic for the dissertation is determined by the student in agreement with the supervisor early in the third term. Supervision and writing of the dissertation takes place in the third term and over the summer period. The dissertation must be submitted by mid-September.

 

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