LLM INTERNATIONAL LAW

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1 LLM INTERNATIONAL LAW Postgraduate ad research opportuities LLM Iteratioal Law LLM Iteratioal Ecoomic Law LLM Iteratioal Trade ad Commercial Law LLM Public Iteratioal Law LLM Iteratioal Huma Rights Law LLM WTO Law LLM by Research

2 WELCOME There are may good reasos for choosig to cotiue your studies. Expadig your kowledge ad professioal skills must be oe of the surest ways of improvig your prospects. Kowledge of iteratioal law i all its aspects is becomig ever more ecessary ot oly for those seekig a career i law, but also for those wishig to work i busiess, i govermet ad for NGOs ivolved i developmet ad humaitaria work. We offer a diverse programme which is flexible eough to accommodate both those who wish to specialise i particular areas of iteratioal law as well as those who prefer to gai a broader uderstadig of a rage of topics i iteratioal law. Icreasigly, employers are lookig for that extra qualificatio whe appoitig ew staff, ad employees are kee to maitai ad ehace their level of kowledge ad skills or to make a career chage. The postgraduate team i the Law School are here to make studyig for your postgraduate qualificatio as career-focused as possible. We hope that the iformatio provided i this brochure stimulates your iterest ad we look forward to receivig your applicatio. Professor Meryll Dea Head of Law School CONTENTS 03 Why study law at Oxford Brookes? 04 Oxford, a great place to live ad study 06 LLM i Iteratioal Law 07 LLM i Iteratioal Trade ad Commercial Law 08 LLM i Iteratioal Huma Rights Law 09 LLM i Public Iteratioal Law 10 LLM i WTO Law 11 LLM i Iteratioal Ecoomic Law 12 Guide to modules 14 LLM by Research 15 Preparatio courses for iteratioal studets 16 Iteratioal studets 18 Etry requiremets ad scholarships 02 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

3 85% of our law research was judged to be iteratioally recogised with 10% world leadig RAE 2008 (Assessed every five years) I was attracted by the quality of teachig recommeded by the good uiversity guide. Chayapa Chomchaiya, LLM Aluma Outstadig teachig, strog research ad studets happy to sig the praises of both The Suday Times Uiversity Guide, 2012 WHY STUDY LAW AT OXFORD BROOKES? Oxford Brookes Uiversity has bee providig high quality postgraduate educatio for thousads of people from all over the world for may years ad has a strog traditio of iovatio ad excellece i teachig. Success for Law i the RAE Oxford Brookes strives to provide high quality research for the real world research that improves the quality of people s lives. The Law School performed exceptioally well i the last roud of the five-yearly Research Assessmet Exercise (2008) with 85% of research activity i Law judged to be iteratioal ad 10% of this world leadig i terms of origiality, sigificace ad rigour. Cosequetly we are ow outrakig may high achievig research uiversities i the UK. Buildig o these excellet results, the work of our leadig researchers such as Professor Iloa Cheye s work o law ad evirometal ethics, ad Dr Soia Morao-Foadi s studies of Europea citizeship, goverace ad iteral migratio withi the EU cotiually updates ad eriches our programme of taught courses. Excellece i teachig ad learig With cosistetly high ratigs i the uiversity guides, published i the UK s atioal press ad marks of excellece awarded to the Law School by govermet teachig quality assessors, we are cofidet that you will receive some of the best teachig available i the UK. You will beefit from a rage of teachig ad learig strategies icludig lectures, semiars ad workshops. Your fellow studets are draw from coutries aroud the world givig you the opportuity to ejoy a truly iteratioal exchage of ideas. Career Focus The LLM programmes i Iteratioal Law are desiged to equip you with specialist kowledge ad skills for a successful career i a rapidly globalisig world. With your career i mid, particular emphasis is placed o skills traiig with opportuities provided to practise legal reasoig skills both orally ad i writig. Special support is provided for iteratioal studets, particularly those whose first laguage is ot Eglish, to esure that they fid their feet quickly ad are able to participate fully. Likig teachig with research We iclude aspects of our research i all our courses, teach specialist modules i our areas of expertise ad supervise dissertatios i our specialist subjects. The LLM course team are all research-active specialists who publish i their areas of expertise. For details of our specialist research groups see page 14. You will be ecouraged to become ivolved i the Law School s activities ad have the opportuity to work with staff who are at the forefrot i a wide rage of iteratioally recogised ad world-leadig research. Research semiars are ope to all ad give you the opportuity to egage with the very latest research fidigs, to erich your learig ad make the most of your time as a studet here i Oxford. Learig research skills A major part of your LLM is research orietated, icludig desigig ad researchig your dissertatio. You will receive a soud groudig i legal research methods traiig to develop your skills ad to eable you to prepare ad preset your work accordig to research guidelies. You will also lear how to apply theoretical perspectives ad research methodologies to a legal problem ad you will be ecouraged to explore your ow research ideas. Progressio to PhD May of our LLM studets choose to cotiue their academic studies with a MPhil or PhD, havig bee ispired by oe of the modules or by research beig udertake withi the school. Our taught master s programmes (LLM) ad our LLM by Research provide a excellet foudatio for this type of meticulous, advaced-level study ad prepare you for a period of academic edeavour that is both demadig ad rewardig. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 03

4 OXFORD A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND STUDY As oe of the most famous cities i the world, Oxford offers everythig ay studet could wat ad more. It is a bustlig, cosmopolita city with excellet shoppig, restaurats, cafés, pubs ad clubs. Oxford is a excitig, vibrat ad comfortable place to live. It is a aciet ad scholarly city with a very youg populatio who ejoy Oxford s lively music scee, cafés ad theatres as much as its world class museums ad galleries. Frequet buses lik Oxford to Lodo ad iteratioal airports. Headigto Campus The Headigto Campus is located just a mile from Oxford s beautiful ad historic city cetre. You will fid the Law Departmet offices ad the Law resources room i Headigto Hill Hall, a magificet old buildig set i beautiful gardes. Accommodatio Oxford Brookes Uiversity has ie halls of residece providig approximately 3,400 sigle study bedrooms, of which 660 are catered. A umber of flats are allocated to postgraduate studets oly. All study bedrooms are etworked so you ca gai access to the iteret, uiversity itraet ad . If you are a iteratioal studet, your place i uiversity accommodatio is guarateed provided you meet the deadlies set by the Admissios Office. Some of our accommodatio is desiged to suit differet eeds, such as wheelchair users, married couples ad studets who eed sigle-sex accommodatio. For further iformatio ad to view our accommodatio olie, please visit Stayig e-coected Computig facilities are pletiful ad available to all postgraduates at Oxford Brookes Uiversity. You will automatically be allocated a address ad have access to the iteret from all computer rooms. Wireless techology eables you to coect to the uiversity etwork with your ow computer from withi the uiversity area. There are aroud 750 etworked PCs i 37 opeaccess rooms, a umber of which are ope 24 hours a day. Libraries Oxford Brookes has four libraries ope throughout the week ad at weekeds which house a wide selectio of books ad jourals. You ca also take advatage of the Library s excellet Electroic Iformatio Network (LEIN), givig you access to a rage of bibliographical searchig tools, databases ad electroic jourals. As a Oxford Brookes postgraduate studet you will also be 04 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

5 Oxford is oe of the most recogised academic cities i the world ad is kow for its iteratioal academic commuity. Natalie Westerbarkey, LLM aluma permitted to use Oxford Uiversity s Bodleia Law Library, oe of the largest i the world. New library ad teachig buildig Due to ope i summer 2013, the buildig brigs together library ad teachig space ad social areas, IT resources ad essetial support service such as careers ad studet welfare. Goig out There s plety to do i ad aroud Oxford ad, with Lodo so close, you are ever short of ew thigs to experiece. You will fid Oxford Brookes Studets Uio i the Helea Keedy Studet Cetre, just two miutes from the Law Departmet. Here you will fid The Veue, Oxford s largest ightclub with a capacity for 1,200 people, which hosts club ights, bads ad DJs. I additio the Studets Uio rus a umber of bars ad coffee shops across the campuses ad i residetial halls. Societies ad sport Although your first priority will be your studies there should still be some time to try ew thigs, make ew frieds ad socialise. As well as the Law Society there are aroud 70 clubs ad societies ru by the Studets Uio. Whether you like rowig, football, music, drama or photography, or if you are iterested i culture, politics or religio, you will fid a club or society caterig for like-mided people. The Sports Cetre offers somethig for everyoe. You may wat to use the fitess suite or weights room or perhaps joi oe of the may uiversity sports teams. Facilities iclude badmito courts, squash courts, basket ball courts, football, hockey ad rugby pitches ad a climbig wall ad tower. Welfare ad support The Studets Uio supports studets through its Advice Cetre providig free welfare advice ad iformatio o all aspects of uiversity life, from fiaces ad housig to legal ad welfare issues. Cousellig ad support are available for ay studet who eeds them. Worship Oxford is home to a great diversity of faith commuities that are ope to ad welcome studets. As well as a chapel at Harcourt Hill, there is both a ecumeical chaplaicy room ad a Roma Catholic chaplaicy i Headigto. Muslim studets have access to prayer rooms o all three sites at Headigto, Wheatley ad Harcourt Hill. A mosque ad a syagogue ca also be foud i the city. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 05

6 LLM INTERNATIONAL LAW Geerates opportuities for workig i law, busiess or govermet Iteratioal law ecompasses issues relatig to the recogitio of states, war, peace, the role of iteratioal orgaisatios, liability for iteratioal crimes as well as questios relatig to trade regulatio ad iteratioal fiacial systems. I Semester 1 you will be itroduced to the theoretical basis ad mai aspects of public iteratioal law particularly issues relatig to the recogitio of states ad state resposibility, the law of treaties, iteratioal istitutioal law, ad the judicial settlemet of iteratioal disputes. I Semester 2, you are able to choose from the complete rage of optios available o the LLM programme, relatig both to public iteratioal law such as Iteratioal Huma Rights Law ad iteratioal ecoomic law such as WTO Trade Regulatio ad Iteratioal Ivestmet Law. Semester 1 Iteratioal Law Semester 2 Optio 1 Summer Mohmd Ayed M Alassmari After graduatig from Kig Abdulaziz Uiversity, I spet a year i America before joiig the Miistry of Labour i Saudi Arabia as a Iteratioal Orgaisatios specialist. Due to the eed for experts i Iteratioal Law i my coutry, I was able to get a scholarship to take a master s ad PhD i the UK. I decided to take the Oxford Brookes Pre- Master s course i order to improve my academic Eglish before begiig my postgraduate studies. For me it was a crucial turig poit i my studies i a class of its ow i terms of the preparatio I received ad the research methods ad study skills I leared. Oxford is a beautiful city ad the highly qualified LLM staff show real uderstadig of ad iterest i their subject. My persoal tutor ad dissertatio supervisor is simply the fiest lecturer I have ever bee taught by ad will hopefully cotiue to be my supervisor whe I start my PhD i Iteratioal Huma Rights Law i September. Advaced Legal Research Methods SPECIALIST MODULES Iteratioal Humaitaria Law Europea Uio Law Iteratioal Huma Rights Law Iteratioal Labour Law Iteratioal Trade Law Iteratioal Crimial Law Iteratioal Evirometal Law Iteratioal Refugees ad Migrats Iteratioal Ivestmet Law World Trade Regulatio STUDENT SUPPORT Optio 2 Optio 3 You will be offered guidace ad support from a umber of people icludig the LLM Director, your Academic Adviser ad the law admiistrative team. The LLM has a dedicated studet support co-ordiator who ca give advice o the course, fiace, accommodatio or persoal issues which may be affectig your study ad will also regularly update you with Dissertatio Iteratioal Commercial Arbitratio Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace Iteratioal Law o the Use of Force Iteratioal Corporate Goverace iformatio o visitig speakers, careers advice ad course aoucemets. She ca also help you to access other support services i the Uiversity such as Upgrade, which offers cofidetial advice o study skills, ad Eglish laguage support through Oxford Brookes Iteratioal. 06 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

7 LLM INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND COMMERCIAL LAW Opes up a rage of opportuities for a successful career i iteratioal trade I this rapidly globalisig world, a soud uderstadig of iteratioal trade ad commercial law is oe of the most soughtafter attributes of moder legal practice. Law firms, eterprises ad govermetal orgaisatios place a high premium o graduates with commercial law expertise ad skills. This course will eable you to develop a deep uderstadig of the cotext ad applicatio of iteratioal trade ad commercial law. As well as a soud appreciatio of the substative legal priciples i iteratioal law, you will be give the academic support eeded to develop appropriate legal, research ad commuicatio skills. With this highly professioal approach to the subject, the programme is ideally suited to the studet from a law, busiess, maagemet, politics or other social sciece backgroud. Semester 1 Iteratioal Law Semester 2 Iteratioal Trade Law Summer Advaced Legal Research Methods SPECIALIST MODULES Optio 2 Optio 3 Europea Uio Law Iteratioal Labour Law Iteratioal Evirometal Law Iteratioal Ivestmet Law World Trade Regulatio Iteratioal Commercial Arbitratio Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace Iteratioal Corporate Goverace YOUR CAREER IN INTERNATIONAL LAW Graduates from the LLM succeed across a impressive rage of careers from policy makers ad huma rights activists through to high-flyig diplomats ad commercial lawyers. The Careers Cetre provides advice o graduate jobs icludig help with career choices, workshops to develop skills Dissertatio such as writig CVs ad iterview techiques, access to olie vacacy listigs ad a well-stocked careers iformatio library. LLM staff ca also advise you ad direct you to possible careers ad employers depedig o your particular eeds ad ambitios. Graziely Souza Brookes is a great uiversity; from the structure of the course to the support of the lectures, learig here is a pleasat process. The LLM i Iteratioal Trade ad Commercial Law gives me the expertise to deal with the demads of a globalised ecoomy, somethig that a udergraduate degree aloe could ot provide. The LLM will hopefully lead me to a career i a multiatioal compay dealig with import ad export of goods, services ad logistics. From the start, I have foud Oxford Brookes staff very helpful; every or call was always respoded to, ad my cocers aswered i a very special way. Oxford is a lively ad multicultural city that has lots to offer; its charmig architecture, the parks ad the ight life make it a great city to experiece. I would certaily recommed those who have the possibility to study abroad to actually take advatage of it. This is a immeasurable experiece that wides the views of professioal ad daily life, brigs cofidece ad gives a asset to ay professioal. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 07

8 LLM INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Prepares you for a career i this expadig area of iteratioal law Huma Rights issues have bee cetral to the developmet of iteratioal law i the post World War II era ad have more recetly domiated developmets i atioal costitutioal law. The LLM i Iteratioal Huma Rights Law is broad i scope, offerig the opportuity to gai a critical uderstadig of the history ad theoretical uderpiigs of iteratioal huma rights, iteratioal ad regioal huma rights systems, ad the practical applicatio of huma rights orms i a rage of cotexts, i particular i times of coflict. I Semester 1 you will be itroduced to the theoretical basis ad mai aspects of public iteratioal law of which iteratioal huma rights law is a importat sub-category. I Semester 2, you are able to choose from a wide rage of specialist topics withi this field. Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Iteratioal Law Iteratioal Huma Rights Law Alfred Fullah Advaced Legal Research Methods Optio 2 Dissertatio After workig as a teacher ad Trade Uioist i Sierra Leoe, Alfred did a Social Policy MA at Oxford Brookes. He the became a Citizes Advice Bureau adviser, ad has retured to Brookes to do a LLM. I m udertakig this course to ehace my uderstadig of how Iteratioal Law applies globally ad atioally. It s a fasciatig ad well-taught course. The tutors are skilled ad ispiratioal; their support ad ecouragemet is brilliat. They lead ad guide us, but also eable us to express ourselves ad egage with the subject i a lively ad creative way. It s valuable to get feedback from colleagues as well as tutors. The LLM helps brig together my UK ad Sierra Leoe experiece withi a clear legal ad academic framework; I hope this will ope up ew career opportuities i rights, social justice ad poverty alleviatio. I remember how supportive Brookes was to me whe I arrived i this coutry, ew to the British educatio system ad eve to computers; they could ot have looked after me better. I would recommed Brookes to iteratioal studets ad have already doe so. SPECIALIST MODULES Optio 3 Iteratioal Humaitaria Law Europea Uio Iteratioal Labour Law Iteratioal Crimial Law Iteratioal Evirometal Iteratioal Refugees ad Migrats Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace Iteratioal Law o the Use of Force PURSUING AN ACADEMIC CAREER IN LAW Your iterests will be reflected i the modules you choose ad some studets feel moved to cotiue their academic studies ad become specialists themselves. See page 14 for iformatio o research degrees. Several of our LLM graduates have chose to become researchers, publishig ad lecturig o their work ad movig o to doctoral studies. Studets progressig from a LLM to a full-time research degree i law at Oxford Brookes are eligible to request cosideratio for the Aual Prize of Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

9 LLM PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW Foudatios for a global career i the legal area I the last few decades iteratioal orgaisatios, idividuals, eterprises ad peoples have icreasigly bee recogised as subjects i iteratioal law as well as atio states. The LLM i Public Iteratioal Law provides a theoretical ad practical uderstadig of this complex ad everchagig iteratioal legal order. I Semester 1 you will be itroduced to the theoretical basis ad mai aspects of public iteratioal law icludig questios of state resposibility, the law of treaties, iteratioal istitutioal law, the judicial settlemet of iteratioal disputes ad issues relatig to armed coflict. I Semester 2, you are able to choose from a wide rage of specialist topics icludig: iteratioal crimial law; refugees ad migrats; the protectio of huma rights ad questios relatig to the use of force i iteratioal trade. Semester 1 Iteratioal Law Semester 2 Optio 1 Summer Advaced Legal Research Methods SPECIALIST MODULES Optio 2 Optio 3 Iteratioal Humaitaria Law Europea Uio Law Iteratioal Huma Rights Law Iteratioal Labour Law Iteratioal Crimial Law Iteratioal Evirometal Law Iteratioal Refugees ad Migrats World Trade Regulatio Iteratioal Law o the Use of Force EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Each year we aim to orgaise a umber of activities for LLM studets. I additio to social evets, these activities will typically iclude a visit to the Europea Parliamet i Brussels at the ivitatio of a servig MEP ad a trip to the iteratioal courts i The Hague. As well as observig a trial Dissertatio i progress, studets o a recet trip talked to a seior legal adviser to the Office of the Prosecutor about his role. Aother extremely popular trip is to the Houses of Parliamet i Lodo where you will have the opportuity to view this historic political istitutio i actio. Li Zheg After attaiig her LLB, Li passed the Chiese bar exam ad worked at a prestigious law firm i Chia before doig her LLM at Oxford Brookes. Oxford Brookes is a ispirig place to lear. The great selectio of LLM optios available gave me the freedom ad ispiratio to achieve my dream. The course provided me with the kowledge I eeded to further my career, ad the support I required to develop my legal Eglish skills, which is of great importace i the iteratioal area. I have joied a corporate law team at a leadig multiatioal law firm i Beijig, thaks to my LLM. I fell i love with Oxford o my first visit; it is icredible to live i a city with such a fasciatig history, ad to study i a eviromet with such academic prestige ad importace. Life i Oxford ad at Brookes has bee busy ad excitig. The course was challegig, the people are friedly ad supportive, ad the city is beautiful. It was a fatastic experiece at Brookes, ad I would like to recommed the uiversity, city, ad challege to all. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 09

10 LLM WTO LAW Become a expert i this uique ad complex iteratioal orgaisatio The World Trade Orgaisatio is the corerstoe of worldwide ecoomic relatios, ad although it was oly established i 1994, it has produced a rich practice of law ad policy. Its dispute settlemet system is oe of the few workig ad fuctioig obligatory dispute settlemet mechaisms i the iteratioal commuity ad has had a sigificat impact o the developmet of iteratioal law. With the steady icrease i iteratioal trade i goods ad services, the role of the WTO has rise i respose, ad sice the judicial brach of global goverace is far more developed withi the WTO tha i ay other iteratioal orgaisatio, law plays a much greater role. You will gai a overall uderstadig of WTO law as part of iteratioal law ad study iteratioal aspects of trade regulatio by the WTO as well as addressig particular problems challegig the iteratioal tradig system. Semester 1 Iteratioal Law Semester 2 World Trade Regulatio Summer Joe Cartledge After growig up i Oxford, attedig high school ext to Oxford Brookes, my teis ability eared me a scholarship to uiversity i Califoria. Whilst playig pretty much full time I studied Political Sciece, at which poit my iterest i iteratioal affairs took root. My uderstadig of iteratioal law ad my iterest i orgaisatios such as the Uited Natios were ehaced sigificatly o the LLM. The idividual research skills garered o the course are beig utilised ow o the Graduate Diploma i Law (GDL) ad will be eormously beeficial for ay career i law. Oxford Brookes has a reowed Law School, the GDL ad LPC are amogst the top courses i the coutry. As such, I was aware that my professors would be of a particularly high calibre. Teachig o the LLM was approached i a particularly cocise way which made my subsequet choice to udertake the GDL at Brookes a easy decisio. Oxford is a fatastic place to be a studet for all sorts of reasos, icludig its uique selectio of pubs, but access to the Bodleia library whilst completig my dissertatio was completely ivaluable. Advaced Legal Research Methods SPECIALIST MODULES Optio 2 Optio 3 Europea Uio Law Iteratioal Trade Law Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace Dissertatio THE CENTRE FOR LEGAL RESEARCH AND POLICY STUDIES The Cetre provides a pool of expertise for the applicatio of the law i policy-related areas ad fosters relatioships with outside agecies ad other academic istitutios. As a LLM studet you will automatically become a associate member ad be ecouraged to atted our semiar series, take part i debate ad egage with curret research activities. I the course of the semiar series, residet academics alog with guest speakers from other uiversities ad from outside the academic sector give presetatios o research themes of iterest to studets o the LLM programme. 10 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

11 LLM INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW Develop your uderstadig of cotemporary iteratioal ecoomic law Iteratioal ecoomic law is a rapidly developig area of iteratioal law ad commercial iteractio cocered pricipally with iteratioal trade, ivestmet ad fiace. The course aims to provide a theoretical ad practical uderstadig of the regulatory framework of the iteratioal tradig system as well as addressig a rage of other legal issues arisig from differet kids of iteratioal busiess trasactios. The course begis by providig you with a geeral uderstadig of iteratioal law i Semester 1. I Semester 2 you ca choose to focus o more specialised questios of goverace through study of the World Trade Orgaisatio or o the legal aspects of iteratioal busiess trasactios, iteratioal ivestmet, or arbitratio. Semester 1 Iteratioal Law Semester 2 Optio 1 Summer Advaced Legal Research Methods SPECIALIST MODULES JESSUP MOOTS Optio 2 Optio 3 Europea Uio Law Iteratioal Labour Law Iteratioal Trade Law Iteratioal Ivestmet Law World Trade Regulatio Iteratioal Commercial Arbitratio Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace Iteratioal Corporate Goverace Idepedet Study module Each year Oxford Brookes aims to eter a team i the Philip C Jessup Iteratioal Law Moot Court Competitio, a prestigious evet orgaised by the Iteratioal Law Studets Associatio. Studets from over 90 coutries ad 600 istitutios compete for the World Champioship i which a hypothetical Dissertatio case is set before the Iteratioal Court of Justice o issues of iteratioal law. Moots provide you with excellet experiece i public speakig, thikig quickly i a stressful situatio ad, for some, commuicatig effectively i aother laguage. Wajiku Githuka I decided to take the LLM i order to retool my law career outside my field of experiece ad to explore the idea of pursuig a academic career. I was impressed by the array of modules ad by the way that Oxford Brookes specifically reached out to iteratioal studets. Prior to participatig at the Jessup Moot Court, I had very little experiece of public speakig. Doig so at legth before a elite group of Eglish judges gave me a shot of cofidece, especially as our Jessup group reached the UK quarter fial. The course eabled me develop my research methodologies ad I was ivited to assist i draftig research proposals. I eve participated i semiars with udergraduates takig Europea Law. This experiece cofirmed my goal of pursuig a academic career at some poit ad iformed my appoitmet as a short term guest lecturer at the Keyatta Uiversity i Keya. I am curretly workig as a Associate Protectio Officer with UNHCR charged with co-ordiatig ad implemetig the protectio ad volutary repatriatio of Easter Cogolese refugees curretly residet i the Zambia camp. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 11

12 GUIDE TO MODULES Iteratioal Law The pricipal aim of the compulsory module i iteratioal law is to itroduce studets to the iteratioal legal system ad the geeral rules that gover the iteratioal commuity. The philosophical uderpiigs of iteratioal law, icludig the ature, origis ad basis of iteratioal law, are examied as are the mai sources of iteratioal law, icludig custom, treaties ad judgmets. A special focus is give to the exus betwee iteratioal ad muicipal law, icludig state resposibility ad govermetal obligatios to other coutries ad the iteratioal commuity at large as well as the role, fuctios ad powers of the Uited Natios. Advaced Legal Research Methods This module, which is compulsory for all LLM studets, provides a opportuity for studets to develop core skills i legal research. Expert guidace is provided i locatig ad usig iteratioal law sources especially electroic sources. Particular attetio is also paid to aalysis of legal texts, reasoig skills, presetig research, both orally ad i writig ad appropriate referecig. The Oxford Brookes Library has a expadig collectio of iteratioal law materials ad provides access to a wide rage of olie databases. Iteratioal Trade Law This module provides a overview of the legal systems goverig iteratioal trade. Iteratioal Trade Law has two dimesios: oe govers the commercial relatioship betwee traders, icludig the laws of sale of goods, trasportatio ad fiace of trade, etc, which is of a private law ature; the other deals with the regulatory relatioship betwee govermet agecies ad traders, icludig the laws of tariffs ad duties, atidumpig, subsidies ad coutervailig measures, etc, which are public law by ature. The module covers both the trasactioal ad the regulatory elemets, with particular emphasis placed o curret issues such as Icoterms, UCP, e-commerce, ad the World Trade Orgaisatio (WTO). Iteratioal Ivestmet Law This module provides studets with the opportuity to examie the laws, policies ad legal issues affectig foreig ivestmet ad foreig eterprises, with special emphasis o the developig world ad emergig markets. The rules, priciples ad istitutios of public iteratioal law that affect direct foreig ivestmet are explored, followed by a examiatio of host coutry laws that both ecourage ad regulate foreig ivestmet. The political risks for foreig ivestmet ad the legal protectio mechaisms ecessary to elimiate or reduce such risks are cosidered, icludig ivestmet isurace mechaisms ad bilateral ivestmet treaty (BIT) programmes as well as the dispute settlemet regime for iteratioal ivestmet law. Iteratioal Huma Rights Law This module examies the protectio of huma rights uder iteratioal law. It cosiders the protectio afforded uder the Uited Natios system, the Europea system, focusig o the Europea Covetio o Huma Rights, the Iter-America system, ad the Africa system. The major iteratioal istrumets are critically assessed ad the effectiveess of the protectio provided is questioed. Special attetio is give to a rage of topics which are of curret iterest, icludig issues relatig to globalisatio, corporate liability for huma rights violatios ad the protectio of social ad ecoomic rights. Iteratioal Crimial Law This module focuses o the developmet of iteratioal crimial law followig the establishmet of the Iteratioal Crimial Court. The remit of the Court is examied as well as the specific crimes over which the ICC has jurisdictio, amely geocide, crimes agaist humaity ad war crimes. Idividual ad commad resposibility is cosidered icludig the questio of immuity, particularly for Heads of State ad former Heads of State as well as the issue of uiversal jurisdictio. Iteratioal Humaitaria Law Iteratioal humaitaria law is the brach of iteratioal law that deals with armed coflict. The focus of this module is the priciples relatig to the protectio of civilias durig armed coflict which derive pricipally from the 1949 Geeva Covetios. It examies the ratioale behid this body of law, the fuctio i this field of both govermetal ad o-govermetal agecies ad the eforcemet of the iteratioal rules. Iteratioal Refugees ad Migrats This module looks at the ways that atioality is coceived ad realised i a post-coloial age of atio-states, i the light of the commitmet i iteratioal law to atioality as a huma right. It also cosiders how law deals with the movemet of persos ad peoples i terms of atioal idetity ad cofermet of formal atioal membership, ad how these issues affect curret regioal groupigs ad are affected by them. The issues will be examied with referece to the provisios of iteratioal law, the rules ad practice of regios (eg Europe) ad case studies of idividual coutries. Europea Uio Law This module provides a itroductio to the costitutioal ad admiistrative law of the Europea Uio. It begis with a examiatio of the political developmet ad legal ature of the Europea Uio ad the operatio of its istitutios. Discussio the focuses o the ature of Commuity Law, its relatioship with atioal law ad the role of the Europea Court of Justice. Fially, the admiistrative law of the Europea Uio is critically examied. 12 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

13 World Trade Regulatio This module focuses o the regulative law ad legal framework of sales of goods as provided for by WTO law. The module explais the WTO law o the sale of goods, the so-called GATT Studets will be itroduced to the core orms ad priciples of GATT 1994 law icludig the most favoured atio priciple ad the priciple of atioal treatmet, ad the latest jurisprudece of the paels ad Appellate Body. I additio, the lawful exemptios to free trade i goods will be cosidered as well as the two additioal ew istrumets for certai exemptios from GATT rules, the SPS ad the TBT agreemets. Iteratioal Commercial Arbitratio This module itroduces studets to iteratioal commercial law ad arbitratio, icludig arbitral agreemets, applicable law, the eforcemet of arbitral awards ad arbitratios ivolvig State parties. The course also addresses the iteratioal regulatio of the coduct of foreig ivestmet ad critically examies the role iteratioal commercial law ad arbitratio plays i the process of ecoomic globalisatio. Iteratioal Evirometal Law This module provides a i-depth uderstadig of issues relatig to iteratioal evirometal law ad global policies. The module begis by examiig the role of iteratioal law i dealig with evirometal issues ad the sources of iteratioal evirometal law. Discussio the focuses o issues of goverace, icludig atioal, supraatioal ad iteratioal istitutios ad their regulatio of the eviromet. Issues i evirometal litigatio are examied followed by discussio of key cotemporary debates relatig to evirometal protectio icludig the subject of huma rights ad the tesio betwee protectig the eviromet whilst promotig iteratioal trade. Iteratioal Labour Law This module focuses o the work of the Iteratioal Labour Orgaisatio (the ILO). It starts by cosiderig the history ad workigs of the ILO ad the various theoretical issues raised by the search for uiversal ad iteratioal stadards for labour rights. The mai part of the course is devoted to a examiatio of fudametal labour stadards, as idetified by the ILO itself, those beig rights to freedom of associatio, the abolitio of forced labour, o-discrimiatio ad the reductio of child labour. The difficulties of eforcemet of these stadards are examied. Referece is also made to other iteratioal stadards such as those of the UN ad the EU. Iteratioal Itellectual Property Law This module aims to explore how, with the rise of iformatio ad techology as key global assets, itellectual property laws have bee fashioed ad costatly trasformed to idetify, regulate, maage ad protect those assets. It examies the process of harmoisatio of itellectual property across the world i the cotext of the iteratioal trade regime, the proliferatio of overlappig, ad ofte cotradictory claims amog the diversity of stakeholders as well as policy issues located i ethics, culture ad huma rights. Iteratioal Law o the Use of Force This module provides a i-depth uderstadig of oe of the most topical ad cotroversial areas of iteratioal law: the law goverig whe force ca be used by States i iteratioal society. At the heart of the subject is the prohibitio of the use of force ad the established exceptios of selfdefece ad collective security. However, the module also critically addresses the cotroversial exceptios of humaitaria itervetio, pre-emptive self-defece ad self-defece agaist terrorism ad the relatively ucotroversial existece of peacekeepig operatios. These topics are examied i light of the Charter of the Uited Natios ad customary iteratioal law. Iteratioal Corporate Goverace This module aims to itroduce studets to the priciples of corporate goverace that ifluece the maagemet of moder compaies worldwide. I particular, it focuses o corporate regulatio i the wake of the recet scadals i the USA ad i Europe. The existig corporate goverace models will be examied ad the future of corporate goverace will be also cosidered. Other areas covered iclude ivestors protectio, shareholders rights ad board architecture. Theories of regulatory competitio ad harmoisatio of law will be also explored alog with related issues of corporate social resposibility. Regulatory Theory i Cyberspace This module cosiders legal ad policy issues that have evolved with the rise of cyberspace; examies curret ad prospective ormative priciples ad rules for its goverace by all stakeholders; ad cosiders future developmets i regulatory issues emaatig from the divergece of iteratioal factors i play. The module will focus o defiig the legal ad techological issues which make cyberspace a uique zoe of discourse for the study of iteratioal/trasatioal regulatio ad the methods of cotrol which ca potetially be adopted. Dissertatio Your LLM dissertatio is a exteded ad supervised piece o work o a particular aspect of iteratioal law chose i cosultatio with your course tutors. It is a opportuity to gai kowledge through systematic academic equiry ad for you to demostrate your ability to explore ad preset legal argumets. The style of research may rage from empirical ivestigatio to textural aalysis. You will develop trasferable skills i research ad iformatio ad project maagemet. You will be ecouraged to choose a iteratioal law topic of persoal iterest or oe related to your occupatio. PLEASE NOTE Optioal modules are subject to staff expertise ad availability ad we caot guaratee that they will always ru. Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 13

14 The LLM by Research gave me the opportuity to focus o a very specific field of law. RESEARCH DEGREES Research at Oxford Brookes ejoys a iteratioal reputatio, attractig high quality staff ad studets ad helpig to geerate major fuded projects. You will be joiig a supportive commuity of research scholars ad beefit from expert supervisio ad a strog programme of research traiig. Felipe Romero Moreo The LLM by Research at Oxford Brookes gave me the opportuity to focus upo a very cocrete ad specific field of law, amely the coflict betwee olie copyright ifrigemet ad the rights to privacy of iteret subscribers. Becomig a expert withi a particular area of the law ot oly is attractive to prospective employers, but it also provides you with substatial career ehacemet opportuities. Havig a right of etry to the Bodleia library was a privilege ad sigificatly eriched ad ehaced my law ivestigatio skills. I was also helped by my supervisor ad director of studies who offered extremely useful iput, directio ad isightful commets throughout my studies especially whe it came to my research thesis. I cosider myself to have acquired valuable skills i aalysis, methodology ad iterpretatio ad takig the LLM by Research has cofirmed my iterest i pursuig my academic studies further to PhD. Research expertise Udertakig a PhD, MPhil or LLM by Research at the School of Law eables you to carry out detailed examiatio of a particular area of law uder the supervisio of a member of staff with similar research iterests. We have extesive expertise i law research ad ca offer supervisio across a wide rage of specialisms. You will be directly supervised by a team cosistig of a director of studies ad at least oe other supervisor. Our Cetre for Legal Research ad Policy provides a focus for research ad a bak of expertise for the applicatio of the law i policy-related areas. It fosters relatioships with outside agecies ad other academic istitutios as well as facilitatig debate ad promotig iterdiscipliary research withi the uiversity. It is a forum for all law staff ad studets at Oxford Brookes who are egaged i research activities ad comprises the followig research groups: Applied Study of Law ad Religio takes a legal perspective o how law ad religio iteract, focusig o the idividual believer, the religious orgaisatio, ad the State. Crimial Justice promotes ad shares ideas liked to Crimial Law, Crimial Justice ad Crimiology. Critical Approaches to Law provides a space of cotestatio ad provocatio i which the relatios betwee law, religio, the political, art, space, geder, ad race ca be iterrogated through critical frameworks. Huma Rights ivites debate ad cosideratio of the iterplay betwee huma rights ad other areas of public iteratioal law. Iformatio Law ad Policy Research facilitates research ad scholarship ad creates ad trasfers kowledge i the area of iformatio law from itellectual property i the iformatio age through to commuicatios ad media law. Iteratioal Ecoomic Law promotes research ad teachig i the area of iteratioal ecoomic law, which is broadly defied to iclude ay iteratioal or domestic legal rules dealig with or related to iteratioal ecoomic relatios. Migratio Research provides a forum for discussio ad potetial collaboratio o issues relatig to migratio, icludig atioality ad citizeship. For further details of our curret research ad supervisio opportuities, visit Support ad traiig As a research studet you will udertake a i-depth examiatio of your chose area of law research ad you will be offered extesive traiig ad support. We offer a rigorous research traiig programme coverig: Research methodology (geeric) Research methodology (advaced ad specific to law) Time ad project maagemet The studet/supervisor relatioship Presetatios Writig up stage of the PhD Preparig for oral examiatio Career developmet for employmet both withi ad outside the academic sector. As well as the extesive holdigs i Oxford Brookes Uiversity s libraries, you will have access to oe of the largest research libraries i the world, the Bodleia, ad to the Istitute of Advaced Legal Studies library i Lodo, easily accessible by a frequet bus service. 14 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

15 PREPARATION COURSES For studets who do ot meet our etry requiremets, Oxford Brookes Iteratioal offers a rage of preparatio courses for study at postgraduate level. Courses are desiged ad taught by highly traied ad experieced academic staff who are specialists i teachig Eglish for academic purposes, ad are accredited by the British Coucil for the teachig of Eglish. LLM Pre-Master s pathways Joitly taught by Oxford Brookes Iteratioal ad the Law Departmet, our Pre-Masters courses will help you reach our Eglish laguage ad academic etry requiremets. The Pre-Master s diploma icludes modules to develop your academic readig ad research, academic writig ad semiar skills to the level eeded for postgraduate study. You will also take law modules specially tailored to your ow eeds ad to the LLM. You have the optio of a Pre-Master s Diploma (two semesters, Sept-May or Ja-Aug) or the shorter Pre-Master s Certificate (oe semester, Ja-May or Jue-Aug) depedig o your curret laguage level, qualificatios ad how prepared you are for UK Higher Educatio. The Pre-Master s Diploma ca be offered as a two year programme with the LLM durig which you ca progress to your chose LLM course provided you achieve a average of 55% o the Pre-Master s. Please ote that we require a miimum of IELTS score of 5.5 (with 5.0 i Readig ad Writig) for admissio to the Pre-Master s Diploma. Academic Eglish courses To help you meet the laguage requiremets Oxford Brookes Iteratioal has academic Eglish courses throughout the year. These will improve the specific laguage skills that you will eed to study successfully at the postgraduate level. They will also familiarise you with the study ad support services available at Oxford Brookes before your LLM. You ca start at a level to suit your curret Eglish skills, ad progress oto the Pre- Master s or directly oto the LLM without havig to take a exteral laguage test. Durig the summer a IELTS Preparatio course is also available. Fid out more For more iformatio about these courses please cotact Oxford Brookes Iteratioal pathways@brookes.ac.uk or visit Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 15

16 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Oxford Brookes Uiversity has a commuity of almost 19,000 studets, icludig early 5,000 postgraduates. Aroud 20% of our studets come from early 150 differet coutries worldwide. As a iteratioal studet you may have particular cocers about livig ad studyig i the UK. As a way of helpig you to settle i, the uiversity has developed a strog support etwork to provide you with ay iformatio or guidace you might eed durig your time here at Oxford Brookes. The Iteratioal Studet Advisory Service (ISAS) is dedicated to helpig you with ay queries you might have about issues such as immigratio, employmet, cultural differeces or eve moey matters. ISAS will be there to support you from pre-arrival right through util you retur home at the ed of your course. The issues they ca advise o iclude immigratio, employmet, families, adjustig to livig i the UK, cultural ad moey matters. ISAS seds all iteratioal studets a Pre-arrival Guide to help prepare you for study i the UK. It cotais full iformatio o accommodatio ad a accommodatio bookig form. Staff from Oxford Brookes Iteratioal make regular visits overseas ad we ecourage you to make cotact with us if we are attedig a educatioal fair i your coutry. You ca fid out if we are due to come to your coutry by visitig Eglish laguage If your first or mai laguage is ot Eglish you must show the uiversity that you have the ecessary Eglish laguage skills to study at postgraduate level. Please see etry requiremets o page 18. We recogise the eed to support you with your Eglish laguage skills throughout your studies, ad offer free short courses, tutorials, idepedet study resources ad persoal guidace so you ca make the best of your time here. For more iformatio please visit support/eglish Health care The uiversity offers a o-site medical cetre ad detal service. As a iteratioal studet o the LLM you will be etitled to receive geeral medical care uder the Natioal Health Service (NHS), provided you register with a UK doctor. Care icludes free visits to the doctor but there will be charges for medical prescriptio items, detal treatmet, eye tests ad glasses. We advise you to obtai medical isurace for expeses ot covered by the NHS. Scholarships ad Bursaries for Iteratioal Studets For the latest iformatio o scholarships ad bursaries visit fiace Livig costs I additio to your tuitio fees, you should allow a miimum of 10,000 for the cost of your accommodatio ad food for a year of study. Expeses for studets livig outside uiversity halls of residece may be as much as 20% higher. The latest iformatio o tuitio fees ad accommodatio costs are o 16 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

17 Oxford is brimmig with studets from all over the world it provides a eviromet i which studyig becomes a pleasure, ot work. Philipp Schmidiger, LLM alumus our website at iteratioal/fiace Mode of attedace The LLM programme is taught durig the two semesters of oe academic year, followed by the completio of your dissertatio durig the summer. You should therefore pla to sped approximately oe full caledar year i Oxford, begiig i September. Teachig ad assessmet Postgraduate studets i law beefit from a wide rage of teachig ad learig activities icludig lectures, semiars ad talks by visitig speakers. The Programme Director ad your Academic Adviser will provide you with academic advice ad support durig your course but you will udertake a sigificat amout of idepedet study ad carry out idepedet research. Assessmet methods vary, depedig o the course you take, but usually ivolve oe or more of the followig: essays, writte assigmets, project reports, idividual ad group presetatios ad dissertatios. Part-time workig opportuities As a iteratioal studet you will be able to work i the UK durig your studies, but your atioality will determie what coditios you must meet: Studets from withi the Europea Ecoomic Area (EAA) ad Switzerlad ca work i the UK without ay restrictios, but some EU atioals may have to register first. Fid out more: If you are from outside the EEA ad you are i the UK o a studet visa, you should be give a passport sticker that allows you to work part-time for up to 20 hours a week durig semester time ad full-time durig your holidays. Fid out more: Workig i the UK after graduatio From 6 April 2012 studets who have completed a UK degree (or 12 moths of a PhD) may be able to apply for a Tier 2 (Geeral) visa if a employer offers you a graduate level job, sposors your applicatio, ad pays you a miimum amout (at least 20,000 a year). Fid out more about workig i the uk after your studies at: workig_after.php ad gov.uk/visas-immigratio/workig Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law Oxford Brookes Uiversity 17

18 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS LLM courses You will ormally be required to have (or to be expectig) a upper secod class hoours degree (or the equivalet degree stadig from other coutries). The degree may be i law, or i a related disciplie such as iteratioal relatios, busiess or politics. If your first or mai laguage is ot Eglish, a IELTS miimum score of 6.5 (with 6.0 i readig ad writig) or 92iBT is required. For details of other acceptable Eglish laguage tests please visit If you do ot meet the etry requiremets, Oxford Brookes Iteratioal offers a umber of preparatio courses for study at master s level, icludig: Pre-Master s courses to help you meet the laguage ad academic requiremets Academic Eglish courses to help you meet the laguage requiremets For more iformatio see page 16 or visit Pre-Master s pathways For the Pre-Master s Diploma, a miimum IELTS 5.5 (with 5.0 i readig ad writig), 69-70iBT, or equivalet ad for the Pre-Master s Certificate you will eed a miimum of IELTS 6.0 (with 5.5 i readig ad writig), 79-80iBT, or equivalet. Academic qualificatios as master s requiremets above. SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES Alumi The School of Law rewards the loyalty show by Oxford Brookes graduates who register for oe of its postgraduate degrees by offerig a alumi discout of 10% o the tuitio fee. Oxford Brookes scholarships Visit our website for scholarships offered aually to studets who either have a excellet academic record or who demostrate sigificat potetial. Each award will be paid towards the full-time UK, EU or iteratioal tuitio fee. All scholarships are for a period of oe year oly ad do ot iclude a maiteace grat. All cadidates for scholarships MUST complete a applicatio form which will be set to all eligible applicats oce a offer of a place has bee made. For the latest iformatio o scholarships ad bursaries offered by Oxford Brookes, visit Other scholarships For iformatio o other scholarships from orgaisatios such as the British Coucil, ad other public fudig bodies visit 18 Oxford Brookes Uiversity Postgraduate ad research opportuities i Iteratioal Law

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