POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY & LAW LLB 2014 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY SCHOOL THE DICKSON OF POON LAW SCHOOL OF LAW

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1 POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY & LAW LLB 2014 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY LLB Politics, English Law Philosophy & French & Law Law SCHOOL THE DICKSON OF POON LAW SCHOOL OF LAW

2 Law at King s Our new Politics, Philosophy & Law (PPL) LLB programme offers a unique opportunity for students to fulfil the requirements of a qualifying law degree, while at the same time being able to choose from a range of modules from the Philosophy and Political Economy departments at King s. The interdisciplinary nature of the programme, as well as its unrivalled location in the heart of legal and political London, provides access to eminent academics from three outstanding faculties and gives you the chance to consider a wide range of exciting career options through King s connections and links with London s global community. The PPL Programme aims at producing the most complete lawyers and legal academics who are able to confidently navigate the difficult waters of legal and political discourse. What holds the programme together is a philosophic look at the actual law in its political and economic context. Our goal is for students to know both the distinctiveness of the legal approach and to engage their critical judgement as to the value of that approach. You will also develop an ability to engage in philosophical debate and to apply concepts, theories and methods to the analysis of political ideas and practices. The skills set acquired through this programme, means you will graduate with a wellrounded degree highly soughtafter by a variety of employers. THE DICKSON POON UNDEGRADUATE LAW SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME The programme is the largest scholarship programme for Law in the UK and Europe. With up to 75 scholarships available, it is aimed at supporting the brightest and the best students and worth from 18,000 to 36,000. The prestigious and generous Scholarships are awarded on the basis of merit and open to all who apply to study Law at King s and who are offered a place on one of our LLB programmes in See our website for further details.

3 CAREERS King s Careers & Employability exists to help you plan your future and make the most of your time at King s. We provide tailored employer events, skills development programmes and one-to-one support to ensure you understand your options, know what employers are looking for, and can effectively demonstrate that you have the skills they need. Whatever your career goals, our labour market knowledge and expertise around work experience, internships and graduate recruitment can help you find and apply for opportunities from the first year onwards. Legal Careers Week Legal Careers Week is our biggest law careers event of the year. Hundreds of law and non-law students turn out for daily workshops, lectures, and networking events with employers, alumni, law schools, and SRA and Bar representatives. The flagship event of the week is an Alumni Panel Discussion & Networking Event, organised in conjunction with our Alumni Office to give students and employers an opportunity to meet in an informal setting. King s Law Fair The Law Fair brings seventy or so employers to campus over three days, allowing students to talk with associates, solicitor and barrister trainees, graduate recruitment offices and other professionals to learn more about the opportunities they offer. The Law Careers Development Programme The Law Careers Development Programme is a series of timetabled workshops held in the autumn and spring terms and aimed at helping you develop your career skills as you approach the job market. The workshops are tailored to address your specific employability concerns in a timely and relevant manner. Sessions are often presented by our law-dedicated Careers Consultants, though employers are also brought in to share their perspectives on what makes a good candidate. In this way, the LCDP is not only a skills programme, but also a great way to engage directly with legal employers. One-to One Services Includes a number of opportunities for personalised assistance, such as: Quick Queries, Career Discussions and Practice Interviews.

4 Student life Both the King s College London Law Society ( and Bar Society ( organise a number of social and career-oriented functions; internal and external mooting competitions; skills workshops; mock interviews; lecture series with prestigious barristers and other legal practitioners; the Annual Black Tie Dinner; the Inaugural Freshers Party. The Pro Bono Society ( support and promote legallyrelated volunteer work and education to the community, and run a number of exciting projects for students; StreetLaw; Amicus; Law Mentoring; The Legal Clinic (assisted by esteemed City law firm Speechly Bircham). King s Think Tank Society ( com) is the first and only student-led policy institute in London. Over the past year the Society organised a series of high profile speakers, the publication of a journal and internship and work placement opportunities at leading think tanks across London. The Law Council/Forum meets throughout the academic year with student representatives, senior academic and administrative members of staff attending, including the Dean. The Forum plays an important part in maintaining good relations between staff and students at the School. This is the kind of course I wished I could have taken as an undergraduate. Interdisciplinary without being aimless. Top scholars and lecturers in each Department. Provides great opportunity for employment while leaving plenty of space for studying the hard, foundational questions that underlie the study of law and politics. Dr Andrea Sangiovanni Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy

5 ABOUT THE SCHOOLS Law has been taught at King s since 1831, and The Dickson Poon School of Law is recognised globally as one of the UK s premier law schools. Our staff are active in research and many are among the leading international experts. We have a strong tradition of excellence in teaching (with consistently high student satisfaction ratings for Law in the National Student Survey (NSS) and are committed to maintaining that tradition. Based at Somerset House East Wing, the School is located in the heart of the British legal world with the offices of major law firms, the Law Society, the Inns of Court and the Royal Courts of Justice all within walking distance. King s Philosophy department is one of the largest in the country and was ranked as one of the top three UK philosophy departments in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Their excellence in teaching and research is consistently reflected in the NSS, as well as the University league tables. Sitting within the internationally renowned School of Social Science & Public Policy, the Department of Political Economy has an interdisciplinary, social science ethos that cultivates a highly stimulating intellectual environment attracting leading scholars from around the world. The School has a strong tradition of contributing to public life and policy, with the British Government and key international organisations on its doorstep. A unique programme that provides you with the skills required to understand, investigate and evaluate the social world we inhabit. You have the opportunity to choose from an unrivalled range of modules across the three departments and specialise in whatever aspects of Law, Philosophy and Political Economy you find most interesting. Dr Robin Douglass Lecturer in Political Theory Department of Political Economy

6 Programme structure All our single or dual law degree programmes consist of a combination of the seven qualifying law subjects and a range of optional modules. The PPL programme is structured as follows: YEAR ONE You study four compulsory modules, with an additional half-module from the optional modules listed below. Compulsory modules: Comparing Political Systems European Law Elements of the Law of Contract Political Philosophy I You must take one of the following half-modules: Modern Philosophy I Ethics I YEAR TWO Compulsory modules: Criminal Law Government & Law You must take one full module or the equivalent from the following modules: Ethics II: History of Ethical Philosophy Ethics II: Contemporary Ethical Philosophy Political Philosophy II: Theories of Justice Political Philosophy II: History of Political Philosophy You must take one full or two halfmodules from the following options: Political Economy Concepts & Issues Political Change in Europe Research Methods for Political Science YEAR THREE AND FOUR In the third and fourth years you study Law of Tort, Law of Property and Law of Trusts, with a further free choice of modules from Law, Philosophy and Politics. The underlying idea of the programme is to create lawyers and legal academics with an edge, with a strong and distinctive competitive advantage: it aims at producing the most complete lawyer. Dr Christoph Kletzer Senior Lecturer in Legal Philosophy The Dickson Poon School of Law

7 Optional modules Advanced Constitutional Law Anti-discrimination Law Commercial Arbitration Commercial Law Company Law Competition Law Copyright & Designs Criminology & Criminal Justice Environmental Law & Policy Family Law Human Rights Law Labour Law Law and Social Theory Law of Personal Taxation Media Law Medical Law Moral Philosophy Public International Law Russian Legal System Trademarks & Passing Off Modern Political Thought: Order & State Conflict in the Modern State International Civil Society Democracy & its Critics The Politics of Development Political Economy: Advanced Analysis Greek Philosophy II: Plato Greek Philosophy II: Aristotle Modern Philosophy II: Locke & Berkeley Modern Philosophy II: Spinoza & Leibniz Epistemology II Metaphysics II Philosophy of Logic & Language Philosophy of Mind 9th Century Continental Philosophy Aesthetics Foundations of Analytic Philosophy Greek Philosophical Texts I: Plato Greek Philosophical Texts II: Aristotle Hellenistic Philosophy Indian Philosophy: the Orthodox Schools Indian Philosophy: the Heterodox Schools Kants Epistemology & Metaphysics Kants Moral & Aesthetic Theory Medieval Philosophy Moral Normativity Neoplatonism Philosophy in the Islamic World Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of Science Scepticism Science, Ethics & Society Topics in Greek Philosophy opics in Modern Philosophy Topics in Philosophy of Mind Topics in Political Philosophy Utilitarianism Note: King s reviews its programme structures and modules on a regular basis, in order to continue to offer innovative and exciting programmes, and these listings are therefore subject to change.

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