Course Overview
This joint programme with the Lancaster Environment Centre is intended to appeal to students who wish to study the environmental aspects of law and human rights or the legal regulation of the environment through human rights at master's level.
The programme has a flexible pathway of study, which will define the classification of the final award with either an LLM or MA. Students take three modules from Law and three modules from the Lancaster Environment Centre as well as a dissertation.
Core Modules:
- Perspectives on Environment and Development
- Either Environmental Law or International Environmental Law
- One of the following human rights options: International Human Rights; Rights of Peoples; The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right; Dissertation
Optional Modules in Law: (Subject to change; choose one)
- Corporations in International Business Law
- Environmental Law
- European Union Law
- Independent Research Module
- International Environmental Law
- International Law
- International Business Law and Institutions
- International Criminal Law
- International Family Law
- International Human Rights
- International Humanitarian Law (Armed Law)
- International Terrorism and the Law
- Law of International Organisations and Institutions
- Rights of Peoples
- The Right to Adequate Food as a Human Right
- Plus options fro the Lancaster Environment Centre
Key Information
Director of Studies: Dr James Summers
Duration: 12 months full-time
Entry Requirements: A good second class honours degree, in an appropriate discipline
IELTS: 6.5 or equivalent
Assessment: Coursework and dissertation
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/
Duration: 12 months full-time
Entry Requirements: A good second class honours degree, in an appropriate discipline
IELTS: 6.5 or equivalent
Assessment: Coursework and dissertation
Funding: All applicants should consult www.lancs.ac.uk/pgfunding/
Fees: View details of our current Postgraduate Research fees or Postgraduate Taught fees.
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