Criminal Justice, Migration and Citizenship

Profs Mary Bosworth and Lucia ZednerImmigration and its control are highly charged topics in contemporary policy and politics. As those within the burgeoning field of border criminology observe, traditional distinctions...

Ethical Issues in Tax Practice

Elective The Ethical Issues in Tax Practice course focuses on some of the ethical issues that arise for those involved in the tax world, whether as tax advisors, in-house tax counsel,...

Corporate Control: Law and Finance

The course analyses policy and legal issues revolving around corporate control, taking into account the latest developments (technological and other). It includes a theoretical analysis of the issues as well...

Comparative Constitutional Law

This course critically examines the legal structure of constitutions in comparative perspective. It focuses on the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Germany, and students will be expected to...

Legal Concepts in Environmental Law

This award-winning course taught by award winning scholars fosters legal expertise in environmental law through the in-depth study of legal reasoning and legal ideas as they relate to environmental problems....

Legal Concepts in Financial Law

The purpose of this course is to explore the most significant legal concepts and private law issues encountered in commercial finance and in commercial and investment banking. This is particularly...

Private Equity & Debt

More details to follow.Available as a finance elective as part of the MLF programme's 'Finance Stream'....

Civilian Foundations of Contract Law

The purpose of the course is to study the Civilian Law of Contracts, particularly the Law of Sale, as it developed from ca. 1100 AD till the end of the...

Quantitative Analysis for Social Sciences

Dr Katrin Mueller-JohnsonThis course is designed for students who want to learn quantitative analysis techniques for use in criminological contexts. Students will learn both basic statistical concepts and how to...

Investing in Public Equity

(formerly known as Asset Management)More details to follow.Available as a finance elective as part of the MLF programme's Finance Stream....

Dissertation - BCL/MJur/MLF

A BCL, MJur or MLF student can offer a dissertation, in lieu of one law option. The dissertation must be written in English. It must not exceed 12,500 words which...

Transnational Commercial Law

With the growth of international trade has come a growing recognition of the benefits to be obtained through the harmonisation of international trade law. Transnational commercial law consists of that...

Tax and Public Policy

ElectiveThe Tax and Public Policy course provides students with the essential tools to assess tax policy, with a particular emphasis on economic analysis. After discussing where economic analysis fits in...

Comparative Corporate Tax

ElectiveThe Comparative Corporate Tax course considers the basic elements of corporate tax systems in a structural setting. The focus is on three artificialities that arise from the nature of a...

Principles of International Taxation

Core Course The Principles of International Taxation core course introduces students to international taxation. It is also a foundation course for subsequent international tax courses. The course includes the following topics: Introduction to...

Tax and Accounting

Elective The Tax and Accounting course will explore the relationship between accounting and taxation. The course objective is to gain a basic understanding of accounting fundamentals and their role in...

Environmental Law

This course is an introduction to the subject of environmental law and covers the main areas of substantive UK (with the focus on England) and – as far as applicable...

Transitional Justice in Africa

Dr Julia ViebachThe aim of this course is to critically examine the empirical and theoretical foundations of Transitional Justice in Africa, as well as its practical effects. Transitional Justice has...

Comparative Human Rights

Human rights issues are both universal and contested. As human beings, we should all have human rights; yet there remains deep disagreement about the meaning and application of human rights....

Violence and Civilisation

Dr Jonny SteinbergThe aim of the course is to explore how a major argument in European criminology travels to Africa. In his celebrated book, The Civilizing Process, the German sociologist...

Employment law

Employment law is the body of law that governs the relationship between working people and their employers. At any given time, around three-quarters of adults in the UK are in...

Value Added Tax

ElectiveVAT raises a lot of revenue for the UK government. It is the UK’s main consumption tax and the theory behind it might even be described as elegant. However, the...