LLM and Masters courses
We offer a range of LLM and Masters level courses within our School of
Law covering everything from human rights through to international trade and
the Internet. Alongside our cutting edge LLM courses we deliver a number of
interdisciplinary Masters courses with other leading departments at our University allowing you to
learn from our experts in law, philosophy, politics and the environment.
Full details of all courses including entry requirements can be
found in
our course finder.
LLM courses at Essex
LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Our LLM in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights examines how the
international and domestic protection of economic, social and cultural
rights around the world . Full details on
LLM Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
LLM International Business Law
Our LLM International Business Law is a specialist course covering the key modern debates and questions in national and transnational business law.
Full details on LLM International Business Law.
LLM International Commercial Law
Our LLM International Commercial Law is a specialist course covering the cutting edge developments and debates related to the
traditional and emerging forms of legal governance of domestic, European and international commercial and consumer markets.
Full details on LLM International Commercial Law.
LLM International Human Rights Law
Our LLM International Human Rights Law is the oldest established human
rights law course in the UK, with a focus on human rights in international
law, rather than domestic systems. Full details on
LLM International Human
Rights Law.
LLM International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Our LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law examines how
international law protects individuals in all the many varied situations of
acute crisis. Full details on
LLM International Human Rights and
Humanitarian Law.
LLM International Trade Law
Our LLM International Trade Law looks at aspects of trade at
international level with much of the teaching addressing issues that develop
as you study. Full details on
LLM International Trade Law.
LLM Internet Law
Our LLM Internet Law identifies and addresses issues around the
development of digital technology and the convergence of communications
media which has raised legal problems about access to and use of
telecommunications networks, the Internet and broadcast media. Full details
on LLM Internet Law.
LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law
Our LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law would particularly appeal to
people from throughout the UK and those from the Commonwealth or other
common law jurisdictions, plus students from other member states of the EU.
Full details on
LLM UK Human Rights and Public Law.
LLM European Union Law
Our LLM European Union Law offers an opportunity to acquire specialist
knowledge and understanding of the law of the European Union, with a core
module on the EC Legal Order. (Not running 2013-2014). Full details on
LLM European Union Law.
LLM Health Care Law and Human Rights
Our LLM Health Care Law and Human Rights provides an advanced conceptual
understanding of the methods, techniques and legal principles regarding
health care law and human rights. (Not running 2013-2014). Full details on
LLM Health Care Law and Human Rights.
LLM EU Law and Comparative Legal Studies
Our LLM EU Law and Comparative Legal Studies aims to provide you with an
advanced conceptual understanding of the legal principles of European
Community law, of the European Union and of the legal cultures and the main
legal systems presents in Europe and, when relevant to the subject,
elsewhere.
(Not running 2013-2014)
Masters courses
We work in partnership with other leading departments at our University
to deliver interesting and challenging interdisciplinary courses.
MA/MSc Environmental Governance: The Natural World, Science and Society
Nine academic departments from across the natural sciences, social
sciences and humanities work together to deliver this interdisciplinary MA
and MSc course. You will develop your critical capacity to analyse
environmental issues from a range of perspectives and provide you with the
practical skills necessary for a wide range of careers. We provide you with
a thorough training in the principles and practices of environmental
governance if you are interested in pursuing careers in environmental
management and regulation, in research and in policy. Full details on
Environmental Governance: The Natural World, Science and Society
MA, or our MSc
MA Continental Philosophy and Health Care Law
This MA is designed to provide students of diverse backgrounds - in
particular law, health care or philosophy - with the theoretical tools that
will help you understand the existential meaning of illness and care in a
phisolophically grounded way. Full details on
Masters in Continental
Philosophy and Health Care Law.
MA Philosophy, Law and Human Rights
This interdisciplinary MA is offered jointly by the School of Philosophy
and Art History, School of Law and Human Rights Centre. We aim to offer
those who come from a background of human rights practice the chance to
explore the theoretical foundations of your work and to develop your grasp
of the relevant laws, while allowing those students coming directly from
undergraduate studies in philosophy, law or politics to expand your
theoretical interests while linking them to practical and career-orientated
matters in the expanding field of human rights. Full details on
MA
Philosophy, Law and Human Rights.
MA Ethics, Politics and Public Policy
This interdisciplinary MA is offered jointly by the School of Philosophy
and Art History, Department of Government, School of Law and Department of
Sociology. Our academically strong schools and departments have a reputation
for excellence and between them offer a wide range of modules from which to
choose. Ethical questions are raised by the most fundamental issues that
confront us now such as the environment, international relations, the
behaviour of corporations and how to organise health care. The purpose of
this MA is to explore the ethical questions raised by public policy and
corporate action in a range of fields. Unlike more familiar Masters courses
in moral and political philosophy, this course is interdisciplinary. It
draws upon the resources of politics, law and sociology as well as those of
moral and political philosophy. It brings together techniques of ethical
analysis with those of policy making and implementation. Full details on
MA
Ethics, Politics and Public Policy.
MA Theory and Practice of Human Rights and Cultural Diversity
Beyond the practical problems of human rights lie many unresolved theoretical
and philosophical issues. These form the basis of our MA Theory and Practice of
Human Rights, which provides you with a solid grounding in fundamental matters
of the law, politics, philosophy and sociology of human rights. Full details on
MA Theory and Practice of Human Rights
MA Human Rights and Cultural Diversity
You will acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding of the central issues
and debates surrounding the application and justification of human rights within a
culturally complex and diverse world. These problems are legal, social, political and
philosophical, and our course reflects this in our multidisciplinary approach. Full details on
MA Human Rights and Cultural Diversity