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Constitutional Law (Mods)

This course covers the law of the constitution, including the structure and basic principles of the British constitution, and the impact of European Union law on the constitution. It also...

Tax Principles and Policy

Core CourseTax Principles and PolicyThis core course introduces students to fundamental principles in taxation as well as enabling students to meet with each other and exchange ideas. Students taking...

Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries (Formerly: Incentivising Aesthetic Progress: Intellectual Property, Art and Design)

This half option focuses on the creative industries, and asks: what sort of innovation, creative activity and ‘aesthetic progress’ do we wish to see across these industries, and to what...

Public and Private Policing

Prof Ian LoaderEffective, accountable and legitimate police institutions are a key ingredient of citizen security and good government. Yet the public police are not the only providers of policing. Security...

Victims and Restorative Justice

Prof Carolyn HoyleThis course will examine the development of victimology and, in particular, the developing role of victims within the criminal process, in the UK and in other jurisdictions. In...

Constitutional Principles of the EU

The purpose of this course is to provide an advanced understanding of the constitutional questions of the EU. We pose the general question whether the law of the European Union...

Commercial Negotiation and Mediation

The aim of this option is to (i) introduce students to a conceptual approach to negotiation and mediation (negotiations assisted by a neutral third-party) and to the most important economic,...

European Union Law

The law of the European Union is based largely on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, and legislation made under the...

Sociology of Mafias

Please note this course is offered by the Department of Sociology so the assessment will vary slightly from those offered by the Centre for Criminology.The course analyses five criminal organizations...

Comparative Equality Law

The right to equality is ubiquitous in human rights instruments in jurisdictions throughout the world. Yet the meaning of equality and non-discrimination are contested. Is equality formal or substantive, and...

Law and Economics of Corporate Transactions

This course, which runs during the Hilary and Trinity terms, gives students a toolkit for structuring common corporate transactions. It acts as the fulcrum for the programme as a whole....

Commercial Remedies

This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of remedies in a commercial context, interpreting that phrase in a wide sense. It will cover remedies for civil wrongs (i.e., breach...

Corporate Finance Law

The limited company is a hugely popular business vehicle, and the primary reason for this is its ability to act as a successful vehicle for raising business finance and diversifying...

Company Law

The company is one of the most important institutions in our society. There are over two million registered companies which, of course, vary radically in size and commercial significance ranging...

UK Corporate Tax

ElectiveThe UK Corporate Tax course aims to introduce students to the issues surrounding taxation of domestic and multi-national corporations under UK law. Although the focus is on UK taxation, many...

Conflict of Laws

The Conflict of Laws, or Private International Law, is concerned with private (frequently, commercial) law cases, where the facts which give rise to litigation contain one or more foreign elements....

Core Course IV - Communication Skills for Criminologists

Prof Carolyn Hoyle This course runs through weeks 1-6 of Trinity term but organisation will start in Hilary Term when we will meet to assign students their roles so that...

Core Course III - Research Design and Data Collection

How can social scientists be sure that the data used in research are valid and reliable? This course is focused on the challenges and the opportunities that different methods of...

International Law of the Sea

The oceans are critical to State interests and human prosperity, being a highway for commerce, a shared resource and a conduit for threats to security. They cover 70% of the...

Family Law

This course focuses on the legal regulation of individuals’ intimate personal and family lives. The fact that the definition of ‘family’ itself is both highly contested and much assumed offers...

Advanced EU Tax law

ElectiveThe objective of the Advanced EU Tax Law course is to advance students' independent ability to analyse the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in...

Restitution of Unjust Enrichment

Restitution of Unjust Enrichment is concerned with how and when a claimant can obtain a court order compelling a defendant to surrender to the claimant an enrichment gained at the...

International Law and Armed Conflict

This option covers the range of international law rules that applies to states and others with regard to their conduct in armed conflict. In the first part of the option,...

History of English Law

This option studies the history of the judicial system and sources of English law and of the principal features of the branches of law that are today known as tort,...

Race and Gender

The aim of this course is to explore how race and gender impact on criminological theory and understand how people’s experiences within the criminal justice process varies, depending on their...