MA in Human Rights Law
Duration: One calendar year (full-time); Two or three years (part-time, daytime only)
Overview
Minimum Entry Requirements: Upper second class honours preferably in a related discipline
Start of programme: September intake only
The MA in Human Rights Law allows students to study human rights law, its application and relevance to a broad range of areas and legal issues, including Islamic law, Chinese law, gender, international law, conflict and labour law. All SOAS courses are designed not only to introduce students to the general fields of law, but also to provide an understanding of how generic legal structures and processes may operate in non-Western social and cultural settings. All teachers on courses offered at SOAS are experts in their designated field. Many have years of experience advising governments, international organisations or non-governmental organisation, and many also have been or continue to be legal practitioners.
Structure
Programme Specification
MA in Human Rights Law programme specification.
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.
Students are required to take three taught courses and a dissertation as follows:
- At least two courses from the list below
- The third option may be chosen from the General List, or can be from the list below
- Dissertation (10,000 words), on a topic related to the specialism of the degree (15PLAC999)
- Economic approaches to law - 15PLAH030 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Foundations of Comparative Law - 15PLAH031 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Human rights and Islamic law - 15PLAC150 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Human rights in the developing world - 15PLAC111 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Human rights of women - 15PLAC112 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International criminal law in context - 15PLAH041 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- International human rights clinic - 15PLAC145 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International Labour Law and Equality Rights - 15PLAC169 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International law and global orders - 15PLAH019 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2
- International law and international relations - 15PLAH037 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- International protection of human rights - 15PLAC119 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals - 15PLAH042 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Justice, Reconciliation and Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Societies - 15PLAH040 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Law, human rights and peace building: the Israeli-Palestinian case - 15PLAC133 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Migration, gender and the law in South East Asia and beyond - 15PLAH023 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Modern Chinese law and human rights - 15PLAC139 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- The law of armed conflict - 15PLAH022 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
Teaching & Learning
How to apply
How to apply
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- Online Application
- Funding options
- English language requirements
- Tuition Fees
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Scholarships
For further information visit the Scholarships section
D.G.E. Hall Scholarship
Application Deadline: 2013-03-22 00:00
Felix Scholarships
Application Deadline: 2013-01-31 00:00
SOAS Master's Scholarships - Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
Application Deadline: 2013-03-22 00:00
A Student's Perspective
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