Crime and the Family

Prof Rachel Condry The aim of this course is to explore the relationship between crime and one of the major institutions in society, the family. Through the analysis of empirical...

Comparative Tax Systems

ElectiveThe Comparative Tax Systems course provides students with a comparative overview of the tax systems of various countries, with a view to developing a conceptual and practical understanding of the...

Roman Law (Delict - FHS)

The Roman law option focuses on set texts from the Institutes and Digest. Its primary aim is to understand those texts and the ideas and methods of the great Roman...

Dissertation - MSc Taxation

Where a student can show evidence that he or she is capable of a long dissertation of 12,000 words and wishes to submit such a long dissertation, this may replace...

Personal Property

The objective of this course is to provide students with an overview of the law of personal property, focusing in particular on underlying concepts and subjecting those concepts to a...

Families and the State: Adult relationships

The aim of this option is to examine a number of the most significant issues affecting adult family relationships and their legal regulation. The readings have been selected to integrate...

Cases in Finance and Investment

The purpose of this course is to provide real cases and modelling experience to students in the finance areas of leverage finance, mergers & acquisitions, private equity finance (LBO and...

Families and the State: Children and the Law

The aim of this option is to examine a number of the most significant issues affecting the legal regulation of children and their families. The readings have been selected to integrate...

Trade Marks and Brands

Brands are the most valuable assets owned by many companies and as consumers we inhabit brand-saturated environments. Trade mark law provides the legal underpinnings for the protection of brands. However...

Philosophical Foundations of the Common Law

This course explores the philosophical principles which may be thought to underlie the major doctrines in each of the branches of the common law with which it is concerned –...

Philosophy, Law and Politics

Topics in Philosophy, Law, and Politics is a philosophical course that draws on some of the best work from all three named disciplines and brings their analyses to bear on...

Tort

Tort is one of the compulsory standard subjects within the Final Honour School syllabus. It also covers material in the “foundations of legal knowledge” and so must be taken by...

Public International Law

There has never been a more exciting time to study Public International Law (PIL). Issues of PIL and international justice are at the forefront of public debates to a greater...

Corporate Insolvency Law

The insolvency of a company gives rise to a number of fascinating questions. Why are formal (state-supplied) procedures needed for the treatment of distressed companies? When should such...

Comparative Criminal Justice, Security and Human Rights

This course examines the relationship between human rights, criminal justice and the pursuit of security in a range of different jurisdictions. In addition to policing, and trial and pre-trial processes,...

International Commercial Arbitration

In a world of increasing global trade and commerce, arbitration has become the preferred mechanism for resolving transnational commercial disputes. As global transactions have expanded, they also have become more...

Politics of Crime Control

Prof Ian Loader This option is an opportunity to make sense of the important shifts in the ordering of contemporary societies. Its aim is to encourage students to think politically...

Incentivising Innovation

This half-option is concerned with how the law seeks to incentivise innovation. There is an emerging awareness among intellectual property scholars that we need to stop looking at the patent...

Medical Law and Ethics

The Medical Law and Ethics course provides students with the opportunity to develop a critical understanding of the legal and ethical difficulties that arise in the provision of health care....

Private Equity

There are three main objectives of the private equity course:1. To develop an understanding of the roles played by the various participants involved in private equity. The course will consider...

Risk, Security and Criminal Justice

Prof Lucia ZednerRisk assessment, risk management and security are core features of contemporary criminal justice. The importance given to protecting the public by preventing harm informs law reform, public policy...

Roman Law (Delict)

A central feature of this course is close attention to primary sources, particularly the commentaries on each delict in Justinian’s Digest. Some attention is paid to the nature of delict...

Finance

Students on the Finance course study the financing, valuation and governance of firms. This course is very similar to courses of the same name that are taught on the MBA,...

Constitutional Law (Senior Status)

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...

Comparative Corporate Governance

The course offers an analytical framework and a comparative study of corporate governance and corporate law in major economies. Corporate governance, broadly defined, is the set of legal and non-legal...