Course Overview

Our LLM International Economic Law (Intensive) enables you to tailor your studies to your professional and research interests. The program develops an understanding of the conditions in which financial crises develop. It is designed to examine the nature of finance and the power it exercises within society. Focusing on the law, economics, and practice of international finance leading up to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, you will be presented with critical theoretical tools with which to interrogate the role of finance in society, and in particular its effects on value systems. This programs critical depth and breadth afford you a unique opportunity to concretize and engage with the questions you have asked about the failures of finance. To achieve this, you will be given a solid grounding in the legal and economic principles of finance. We examine the practice of finance in todays financial capitals with their money markets and complicated corporate structures. You will develop practical knowledge and the theoretical tools necessary to critique finance as such: from questioning the concepts of money and value to the power of finance with respect to time and space, the nexus of finance and consciousness, to the deep relations between finance, consumption, desire, and life itself. The study of finance will be combined with that of international economic institutions, and a range of specialized modules that you can choose based on your individual interests.

General Eligibility

A second-class honors degree (2:2) or above in law or a related discipline (see below). We welcome other relevant qualifications and appropriate professional training and experience.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this course is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in each of the sub-tests.