SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Structure

Programme Structure

Please note that all MA students need to take a two week Law and Legal Methods Pre-sessional Course before the teaching term begins.

The courses run from the start of term in September, and examinations take place at the end of May/ beginning of June. The final date for the submission of the dissertation is 15 September in the final year of registration.

Students are required to take three taught courses and a dissertation as follows:

At least two courses from the following options:

• Chinese commercial law - 15PLAC106 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Economic approaches to law - 15PLAH030 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Foundations of Chinese law - 15PLAC110 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Foundations of Comparative Law - 15PLAH031 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Modern Chinese law and human rights - 15PLAC139 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Sociological Approaches to Law - 15PLAH032 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1

The third option may be chosen from the General List, or can be from the above list

Students must also take one further course or two half courses, to a total value of 45 credits, either from the list above or the optional list below**

Dissertation

Dissertation (10,000 words), on a topic related to the specialism of the degree

• Dissertation in Law - 15PLAC999 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Optional Course List

• Access to justice & dispute resolution: special applications - 15PLAC157 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Affirmative action law - 15PLAH024 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Alternative dispute resolution - 15PLAC104 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International Economic Law - 15PLAH033 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Banking law - 15PLAC105 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Climate change law and policy - 15PLAC154 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Colonialism, empire and international law - 15PLAH025 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1 - Not Running 2013/2014
• Commercial Law - 15PLAC166 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Company Law - 15PLAC167 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Comparative constitutional law - 15PLAC152 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Development, environment and the law in the South - 15PLAC158 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Feminist legal theory - 15PLAC155 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Foundations of international law - 15PLAH021 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Human rights in the developing world - 15PLAC111 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Human rights of women - 15PLAC112 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Human rights and Islamic law - 15PLAC150 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Intellectual property rights and development - 15PLAC113 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International and comparative copyright law: copyright in the global village - 15PLAC115 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International commercial arbitration - 15PLAC153 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International Criminal Law in Practice - 15PLAC168 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• International environmental law - 15PLAC118 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International human rights clinic - 15PLAC145 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• The law of armed conflict - 15PLAH022 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• International Labour Law and Equality Rights - 15PLAC169 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International law and global orders - 15PLAH019 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• International laws on the use of force - 15PLAH020 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• International protection of human rights - 15PLAC119 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International trade law - 15PLAC120 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International and comparative corporate law - 15PLAC116 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Islamic law (MA/LLM) - 15PLAC121 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Islamic law 2: succession - 15PLAC122 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Justice, reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict societies - 15PLAC123 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and development in Africa - 15PLAC160 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law & governance in the developing world - 15PLAC125 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and international inequality:critical legal analysis of political economy from colonialism to globalisation - 15PLAC131 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and natural resources - 15PLAC126 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and policy of international courts and tribunals - 15PLAH026 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
• Law and society in South Asia (MA/LLM) - 15PLAC129 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law and society in the Middle East and North Africa - 15PLAC130 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of international finance - 15PLAC135 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of Islamic finance - 15PLAC159 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law of the Creative Cultural Industries in the Middle East and North Africa - 15PLAC161 (1 Unit)
• Law, human rights and peace building: the Israeli-Palestinian case - 15PLAC133 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law, institutions and political economy of transition - 15PLAC134 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Law, Multiculturalism and Intercultural Human Rights (MA/LLM) - 15PLAC109 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Legal regulation of the music industry - 15PLAC138 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2013/2014
• Migration, gender and the law in South East Asia and beyond - 15PLAH023 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Multinational enterprises and the law - 15PLAC140 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Procedural principles and ethical standards - 15PLAC141 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Water Law and Governance in Asia - 15PLAC171 (1 unit Unit)

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