Global Business Law and Regulation

This module enables you to gain enhanced knowledge and understanding of legal writing and legal research skills required for advanced legal research to support your other Level 7 law modules and law dissertation or final project. You will be introduced to legal research methodologies and legal writing skills for both legal scholarship and practice. 

The module is designed to analyse the rationale and structure of regulation as applied to banks and financial services.  Financial Crises are cyclical in nature with regulation designed to ensure that such crises have limited impact, however, the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 provided evidence that regulatory structures were insufficiently robust to prevent collapse.  The module will analyse the pre and post crisis to provide an analysis of the regulatory environment faced by banks and financial services. 

The module will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of international corporate law and governance principles. It explores the legal frameworks and regulatory regimes governing corporations operating in a global context. Students will gain knowledge of the legal and practical aspects of corporate governance, including the rights and responsibilities of directors and shareholders, as well as the mechanisms for ensuring transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct within multinational corporations. There will be a particular emphasis on how respective Boards of Directors are adapting to the adoption of sustainable practice within their respective organisations.

Global investment law comprises numerous areas of law (public and private) relevant to the conduct of global business. This module aims to sharpen and stimulate your understanding of two crucial fields of this law: the one concerning the global regulation of trade in goods and services, and the one protecting foreign investments, both under public international law 

This module will explore how legal technologies are bringing a fundamental shift in legal practice. The module explores emerging technologies facilitating this change including artificial intelligence. Through a blend of theory and practical application, students will delve into topics such as AI in legal research, AI in Law Firms and explore the social, legal, and economic implications of emerging technologies. The module critically examines the legal and regulatory issues such technology use presents and stimulates discussion on key philosophical debates such as consciousness, intelligence, and the determinism of technology success/limitation.   

This module focuses on Competition Law and its fundamental principles. The student will develop a strong foundation in competition law, including the concepts and theories that govern global competition. They will learn about anti-competitive practices, market dominance, merger control and other key aspects of competition law. There will be a particular focusing on the EU case law and the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Articles 101 and 102. This module will also focus on the application of the competition law to the digital markets and Intellectual Property Law. Employing a comparative law perspective, the module will look too at some relevant aspects of the US antitrust law and UK competition law. 

The module will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the legal frameworks and principles governing international trade and the sale of goods. It explores the legal aspects of cross-border transactions, including the formation and performance of international sales contracts, the rights and obligations of parties, and the resolution of disputes. Students will gain knowledge of key international conventions, treaties, and trade agreements that shape the legal landscape of international trade. 

Dissertation 

The 60 credit dissertation is the keystone of an LLM and involves an in-depth investigation of a specific topic. This will help you to develop legal research skills and learn how to think critically and analytically, and involves identifying a legal research topic, conducting a literature review, collecting and analysing data, and presenting findings in an appropriate format through the application of a doctrinal, theoretical, normative, and socio-legal methodologies. 

Placement

Choosing the placement option as your final 60 credit module will provide you with the opportunity to work in an organisation on a full-time basis for a minimum of 44 weeks up to 12 months. You will develop work-based learning and apply theoretical knowledge and professional skills acquired during the programme to an identified organisational issue/problem/enquiry to devise recommendations and solutions. You will acquire valuable work experience as well as a range of research, data collection/analysis, communication, problem-solving and project management skills.