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Banking Law and Financial Regulation
Corporate and/or Commercial Law
Corporate and Securities Law
Criminology and Criminal Justice
European Law
Human Rights Law
Information Technology, Media and Communications Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Business Law
Labour Law
Legal Theory
Public International Law
Public Law
Taxation

LLM Specialisms 2012/13

European Law

[please note: links below are to the 2011/12 course guides; they will be updated when new guides are made available during the summer vacation]

The first British textbook on European law was written at the LSE, which was also the first British university to develop a Masters in European Studies. The new Masters takes forward this tradition by offering an innovative and unique programme. It offers a series of advanced courses that builds upon rather than replicates traditional European studies, and provides a strong basis for careers in the public sector, commercial practice, or academia. The programme offers interdisciplinary, practical and cross-cultural insights into all the central legal fields of the European Union. In addition to seven full time members of Law Department staff, students will be taught by a range of staff from other LSE departments, government lawyers responsible for applying EU law, and leading experts from a number of other European universities. In addition to traditional classroom teaching, a large part of the teaching will be done electronically, with proposed common 'virtual' seminars with a number of other high profile programmes from around Europe taught by leading authorities in their fields. Students will also enjoy the benefits of the European Institute, the largest Institute of its kind. Its reputation ensures that each year it is able to attract an array of visiting speakers and offer a range of specialised seminars.

Advanced Issues of European Union Law (LL4B2): study of the central themes and challenges posed by the development of European Union citizenship, governance and constitutionalism.

Competition Law (LL430): a comprehensive review of principles informing competition law analysis and enforcement studied in a global context, with particular attention to the rules in the EU and US.

Employment Law (H) (LL4H8): regulation of the content and the form of the employment relation. The contract of employment, including express and implied terms and the scope of employment law. Regulation of minimum wage and working time. Discipline and protection from dismissal and termination of employment. Business reorganisation, insolvency and employment rights, and economic dismissals. The approach involves theoretical perspectives, economic analysis, comparative law of employment, and examination of relevant European law.

EU State Aid Law (H) (LL4Z5): EU State Aid Law examines the conditions under which EU Member States may favour domestic companies by means of subsidies or other measures having the same effect (such as unlimited guarantees or tax breaks). The first part of the covers the notion of State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU. The second part examines the application of these rules to specific sector, including the financial and the IT and communications industries.

European Administrative Law (LL418): a study of the development of a system of European Union administrative law, focusing on the evolution of regulatory institutions, machinery for the redress of grievances and accountability. [not offered 2012/13]

European Capital Markets Law (H) (LL4K9): this half course examines the EU’s regulation of the capital markets from regulatory and market integration perspectives. Topics covered include the regulation of investment services and stock exchanges and the EU’s attempts to build a culture of household investing. With LL4G9 it forms the full course LL425 (European Monetary and Financial Services Law).

European Monetary and Banking Law (H) (LL4G9): this half course examines the institutional structures and legal rules which underpin the EU’s monetary system and its integrated banking market. Topics covered include the legal underpinnings of European Monetary Union and the EU’s regulation and supervision of banking markets. With LL4K9 it forms the full course LL425 (European Monetary and Financial Services Law). [not offered 2012/13]

European Monetary and Financial Services Law (LL425): the institutional and legal underpinnings of the European financial economy, including banking, securities and insurance. [not offered 2012/13]

European Union Law and Government (H) (EU420): a theoretically informed study of the central political institutions and legal processes of EU government. Central theories of decision-making and legal theory within EU studies are considered, then applied to analyse the central political and legal relationships within the EU political system.

Human Rights in the Workplace (H) (LL4H9): the sources and application of human rights in the workplace, including international and European laws and conventions. Civil liberties of employees. Social and economic rights of workers. Protection from discrimination in the labour market and employment. As well as detailed examination of legal materials, the approach involves discussion of theories of human rights and comparisons between legal systems.

International and European Environmental Law (LL4D6): study of international and European legal responses to global environmental challenges, including climate changes, biodiversity protection, chemicals control, and international trade.

Law and Governance of the Single European Market (EU436): an in-depth critical analysis of the central institutions and legal norms that make up as the Single European Market as well as an analysis of the legal organisation and governance of key goods, services and labour markets within the Single European Market.

Law of Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe and the United States (LL4D7): This course will look at the regulation of the market for corporate control and corporate restructurings in Europe and the United States.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings in Europe (H) (LL4F3): This course will look at the regulation of the market for corporate control and corporate restructurings in Europe.

Value Added Tax in the European Context (H) (LL4Z4): analysis of the European Union VAT as it operates in the United Kingdom, beginning with an introduction to key concepts of the EU VAT, and examining in more detail a range of the most important aspects of VAT, including topics such as the deductibility of input tax and the treatment of exemptions, the taxation of transactions between member states, and the taxation of financial services. With LL4Z3 it forms the full course LL494 (Value Added Tax).