Teaching and assessment for Law PGCert

In this module, you will first cover key international relations theories. Secondly, you will look at case studies relating to international relations and energy disputes.

This will cover:

• Sino-Japanese political and energy disputes
• the Iran Nuclear Crisis
• the EU energy security policy
• the US energy policy
• Geopolitics and Central Asia

You will learn about the political economy of climate policy in the context of global politics. You will learn about key issues such as:

• the principles and core characteristics of climate change governance
• the power and institutions behind policy-making
• the implications of the climate policy pursued by the major economies

You will learn about international arbitration's use as an instrument for resolving business and investment disputes.

There is a focus on practical aspects of drafting arbitration clauses and requests for arbitration.

You will also cover arbitrator selection and written and oral advocacy before arbitral tribunals

You will explore the nature of digital evidence in the criminal justice and civil litigation systems.

You will look at:

• where digital evidence can be found
• how it can be reliably analysed, interpreted, and presented
• what it can and cannot tell us
• its vulnerabilities, and the challenges surrounding the field

You will learn about the principles of corporate governance. You will cover topics such as:

• issues
• good practices of companies’ governance mechanisms
• intracompany operations
• companies’ engagements with the wider community

This module will be relevant if you want to practice company law and to provide professional advice on corporate governance.

This module covers the rules governing the competence of courts to hear international civil proceedings. It also covers applicable law, and alternative means of dispute resolution by means or arbitration.

This module will cover the main concepts and legal mechanisms used in regulating human impact on the environment.

You will learn the key concepts shaping environmental law. This will allow you to identify different approaches and techniques for environmental regulation.

When an international commercial or family dispute arises it must be determined where the litigation should be heard, what law should be applied by the competent court, and in what circumstances a foreign judgment should be recognised.

Discover how jurisdictions of the common law tradition approach these issues.

The module covers sources of international investment law. It covers the host State's and foreign investors' main legal obligations. It also looks at compensation and settlement of disputes.

It also discusses the interaction between promoting investments and protecting societal values. These include human rights, the environment, sustainable development, and just transition.

This module covers the legal frameworks of privacy, cybersecurity, and surveillance law, both in the UK and globally. You will consider UK, European, and international contexts and explore how these laws apply to digital technologies like AI.

This module exposes students to the big issues underpinning Constitutional Law in the Global South. It focuses on the Indo-Pacific region.

You will be introduced to the impact of European colonialism, the European transformation of local constitutional forms, and the legal politics of anti-colonial nationalism and decolonisation.

You will explore and critically evaluate the varied legal solutions within corporate law and insolvency regulation. This will use United Kingdom law as a point of reference for discussion.

In free market economies, supply and demand determine how resources are allocated.

The system only works if the process of competition is protected from unrestrained market power. This is done through competition law.

In some cases, when the free market cannot deliver, sector-specific regulation may be needed.

Human rights laws describe fundamental rights to which all human beings are entitled. It also describes the corresponding duties of states and other actors.

This module examines the law, theory and institutions for the protection of human rights. It also looks at their implementation and effectiveness in practice.

Learn the key concepts in Intellectual Property Law from a UK perspective. It also touches on European and international influences.

You will gain a critical appreciation of the key social and economic issues and influences associated with the topic.

Learn about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) system's historical, political, and legal framework. You will learn about topics such as:

• the WTO dispute-resolution mechanism
• rules on non-discrimination
• rules on market access
• exceptions with an emphasis on international security and regional agreements
• rules on unfair trade
• harmonization of national regulation

This module examines the management of transboundary waters between states. It also looks into managing resources within states, and providing water services. It covers water allocation to users, water pollution regulation, water resource management, and climate change and water security.

The module focuses on international arbitration and judicial adjudication. It is organised into two main blocks.

The first provides an advanced introduction to courts and tribunals. The second critically investigates the main aspects and issues in terms of their procedure and work.

Corporate sustainability means conducting business with environmental, societal, and economic impacts in mind. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework used to assess a company's impact and sustainability. This module considers legal, theoretical, and practical issues associated with sustainability. It looks into ESG standards for businesses and investment activities.

Enforcing cross-border debts becomes essential when a debtor holds assets in a foreign jurisdiction. This module delves into crucial legal frameworks governing foreign debt enforcement. This equips lawyers with an understanding of cross-border transactions.

This module will introduce you to the political science of human rights.

You will be encouraged to engage with the concepts, theories, and methods that have been used to study human rights.

You will also undertake monitoring for a human rights NGO.