MA in Law, Culture and Society
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 Law, Culture and Society allows students to study the relationships between law, society and cultural belief, broadly conceived. It gives students the opportunity to study direct impact of the law on commercial and governmental cultures, as well as the interactions between feminism and legal theory, and ethnic minorities and the law, amongst many others. 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 Law, Culture and Society 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)
- Affirmative action law - 15PLAH024 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Alternative dispute resolution - 15PLAC104 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Comparative constitutional law - 15PLAC152 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Economic approaches to law - 15PLAH030 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
- Feminist Legal Theory - 15PLAC155 ( Unit) - Not Running 2012/13
- 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 Labour Law and Equality Rights - 15PLAC169 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Law and development in Africa - 15PLAC160 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2012/2013
- Law & governance in the developing world - 15PLAC125 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2012/2013
- 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, institutions and political economy of transition - 15PLAC134 (1 Unit) - Full Year
- Law, Multiculturalism and Intercultural Human Rights (MA/LLM) - 15PLAC109 (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
- 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
- Sociological Approaches to Law - 15PLAH032 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
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
Kate Van Akin - Harvard University, Law SchoolMy time flew by in London. I made a lot of wonderful friends at SOAS, and we often attended the various events put on by the Student Union and student societies, which ranged from musical performances to debates to movie screenings.
