MA in International and Comparative Commercial 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 International and Comparative Commercial Law allows students to learn about commercial law and its application in the globalised world. The courses available cover a broad range of geographical and legal areas, including comparative law, economic approaches to law, law and globalisation, banking and finance, Islamic, Chinese and Middle Eastern law, labour law, copyright, trade law, fraud, multinational enterprises and the WTO. 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 International and Comparative Commercial 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)
- Banking law - 15PLAC105 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Chinese commercial law - 15PLAC106 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Economic approaches to law - 15PLAH030 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Foundations of Comparative Law - 15PLAH031 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- International and comparative copyright law: copyright in the global village - 15PLAC115 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International and comparative corporate law - 15PLAC116 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International commercial arbitration - 15PLAC153 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- International Economic Law - 15PLAH033 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- International Labour Law and Equality Rights - 15PLAC169 (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) - Full Year
- Multinational enterprises and the law - 15PLAC140 (1 Unit) - Full Year
Teaching & Learning
How to apply
How to apply
- How to Apply
- Online Application
- Funding options
- English language requirements
- Tuition Fees
- Admissions Contacts
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
Hirra HayatFrom a personal experience, I can confirm that today’s employers become extremely impressed with you if you have a law degree from SOAS, as it provides you with the necessary intellect needed for today’s globalised world.
