Master of Laws in International Business (LLM)

LLM International Business programme therefore aims to provide such knowledge and understanding as well as the skills to non- law graduates especially those with business and management backgrounds as well as those with law degrees through an advanced study and assessment of laws within subject areas and issues that are rooted in the international business and management environment.

 

Modules

Compulsory modules:

• Introduction to International Business
• Transnational Commercial Law
• Business and Crime
• The Role of Business in Society
• Legal Research Skills and Reasoning
• Dissertation

Options/ Pathway modules : General Pathway:

• International Human Resource Management
• Employment Law and Practice

Information Technology and Intellectual Property Pathway:

• E-Commerce and Security
• Legal Applications and Intellectual Property in Technology

Employment and HRM Pathway:

• International Human Resource Management
• Employment Law and Practice

Finance Pathway:

• Legal Aspects of International Finance
• Legal Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions

Entrepreneurship Pathway:

• Entrepreneurship and Law
• Mutual and Social Entrepreneurship

 

Entry Qualification

Applicants should meet one of the following:

• Obtain a UK Honours Degree(or the equivalent of a UK Honours Degree)in a subject appropriate to the LLM.
• Appropriate Professional qualifications or experience.

Application will also be required to satisfy English language requirements.Applicants whose Bachelors degree was not taught and assessed in english should language level equivalent to IELTS 6.5

 

Progression Pathways

 

• LLM International Business (Information Technology and Intellectual Property)
• LLM International Business (Entrepreneurship)
• LLM International Business (Employment and Human Resource)
• LLM International Business (Finance)

In addition to the Legal Research Skills module and a Dissertation, which are the backbone of the programme, taught modules range from a combination of core, optional as well as specialist pathway modules.

 

Awarding Body