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BA in Anthropology and Law

Programme Code: UBANLL2

Department: Anthropology

For students starting this programme of study in 2022/23

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Three-year classification scheme for BA/BSc degrees for all students from the 2018/19 academic year

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Year 1

LSE100

LSE100 is a half unit taken by all students, running across Autumn and Winter Terms in the first year. The course provides one of the marks that is eligible to be included in the calculation of the First Year Average for purposes of classification.

Students will choose ONE of the three half-unit options below:

LSE100A The LSE Course: How can we transform our climate futures? (0.5)

LSE100B The LSE Course: How can we control AI? (0.5)

LSE100C The LSE Course: How can we create a fair society? (0.5)

Paper 1

AN100 Being Human: Contemporary Themes in Social Anthropology (1.0)

Paper 2

AN101 A History of Anthropological Theory (1.0)

Paper 3

LL106 Public Law (1.0)

Paper 4

LL105 Property I (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24) and LL109 Introduction to the Legal System (0.5) (withdrawn 2023/24)

Skills course

A

LL100 Legal Studies Skills (0.0)

Year 2

Paper 5

AN226 Political and Legal Anthropology (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 6

LL108 Criminal Law (1.0)

Paper 7

LL104 Law of Obligations (1.0) (withdrawn 2024/25)

Paper 8

B

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Anthropology Selection List A

Anthropology Selection List B

Year 3

Paper 9

LL232 European Union Law (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 10

LL275 Property II (1.0) (withdrawn 2025/26)

Paper 11

Courses to the value of 1 unit(s) from the following:

Law Selection List

Paper 12

C

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

Anthropology Selection List A

Anthropology Selection List B

Anthropology Selection List C

Anthropology Selection List A

AN286 Ethnographic Methods and Skills: Individual Research Project (1.0)

AN319 The Anthropology of Christianity (0.5) #

AN320 The Anthropology of Southeast Asia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

AN324 The Anthropology of Melanesia (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

AN336 The Anthropology of Development (0.5)

AN350 The Anthropology of South Asia (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN358 Children and Youth in Contemporary Ethnography (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN363 Borders and Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches (0.5)

AN369 The Anthropology of Amazonia (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN376 Anthropology and the Anthropocene (0.5)

AN377 Topics in the Anthropology of sub-Saharan Africa (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN380 Public Anthropology (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN383 Anthropology, Art, and Poetics (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

AN384 Anthropological Approaches to Race, Racism, and Decolonisation (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

AN389 Anthropology of the Body (0.5) # (suspended 2025/26)

AN392 Anthropological Entanglements in the Middle East (0.5)

AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5) #

AN395 Digital Anthropology (0.5)

Anthropology Selection List B

AN256 Economic Anthropology (0.5)

AN273 Thinking as an Anthropologist (0.5) #

AN285 Mind and Society (0.5) #

AN287 Environmental Anthropology (0.5)

AN288 Gender, Sexuality and Kinship (0.5)

AN290 Anthropology and Religion (0.5)

Law Selection List

LL201 Law and State Power (1.0) (suspended 2025/26)

LL203 Company Law (1.0) #

LL204 Advanced Torts (1.0)

LL205 Medical Law (1.0)

LL208 Race, Class, and Law (0.5)

LL211 Law, Poverty and Access to Justice (0.5)

LL212 Conflict of Laws (1.0)

LL213 Commercial Law (0.5) #

LL216 Freedom and the Law in Britain (0.5)

LL220 Technology Law and Regulation (0.5) #

LL221 Family Law (1.0)

LL222 Data Law and Policy (0.5) #

LL224 Regulation of Social Media and Online Platforms (0.5)

LL225 Critical Theory and Law (0.5)

LL233 Law of Evidence (1.0)

LL241 European Legal History (1.0)

LL243 Constitutionalism Beyond Courts (0.5)

LL244 Sports: Law and Governance (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

LL245 Feminist Legal Theory (0.5)

LL246 Philosophical Foundations of Discrimination Law (0.5)

LL249 Legal Aspects of Commercial Property (0.5)

LL250 Law and The Environment (1.0)

LL251 Intellectual Property Law (1.0)

LL257 Employment Law (1.0)

LL272 Outlines of Modern Criminology (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

LL280 Advanced Issues in Public International Law (0.5)

LL284 Topics in Sentencing and Criminal Justice (0.5) (suspended 2025/26)

LL293 Tax and Tax Avoidance (1.0)

LL295 Media Law (1.0)

LL300 Competition Law (1.0) (suspended 2025/26)

LL303 Cultural Heritage and Art Law (0.5)

LL304 Global Commodities: The Rise of International Law (0.5)

LL308 Commercial Trusts Law (0.5)

LL310 Competition Law (0.5)

LL342 International Protection of Human Rights (1.0) #

Anthropology Selection List C

AN301 The Anthropology of Religion (1.0) #

AN303 Advanced Theory of Social Anthropology (0.5) #

AN393 Language, Signs, World, Action! Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (0.5) #

Footnotes

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

A: Skills course, LL100: LL100 is compulsory but does not affect the final degree classification.

B: Paper 8: No more than one unit taken under Papers 8 and 12 may be selected from Anthropology Selection List A.

C: Paper 12: No more than one unit taken under Papers 8 and 12 may be selected from Anthropology Selection List A.

Accreditation:
The qualifying law degree (QLD) is recognised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for the purposes of satisfying the academic stage of training. Accredited by the Bar Standards Board for the purpose of a Qualifying Law Degree. Further information is available by emailling anthropology.enquiries@lse.ac.uk or accessing the Anthropology Department website.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to undergraduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the undergraduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the undergraduate summary page for future students.