Law Postgraduate Modules 2023-24

The module details in this section are only applicable to students who will be studying them between September 2023 and August 2024.

If you wish to look at details of a module you studied in an earlier academic year please see postgraduate modules for other academic years.

If you intend to study one of these modules from September 2024 or later, you may refer to these descriptors as a guide, but please be aware that details they contain – including (but not limited to) reading lists, duration and assessments – may change for your academic year.

The next compiled module list for the September 2024 - August 2025 academic year will be published here in August 2024 (exact date to be confirmed).

Streatham Campus in Exeter

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
LAWM145	Dignity, Democracy and the Law	15	1
LAWM152	Qualitative Empirical Legal Research	15	1
LAWM153	Quantitative Empirical Legal Research	15	2
LAWM155	Human Rights and Digital Technologies	15	2
LAWM156	International Crimes and Human Rights Abuses	15	2
LAWM157	International Human Rights Law: United Nations System	15	1
LAWM158	International Human Rights Law: Regional Systems	15	2
LAWM159	International Law of Armed Conflict	15	1
LAWM161	Migration, citizenship and asylum in international law	15	2
LAWM162	The International Criminal Court: Law and Practice	15	1
LAWM163	The International Law of Cyber Operations	15	2
LAWM164	The Use of Force in International Law	15	1
LAWM165	Automated and Autonomous Transport: Cars and Ships	15	1
LAWM166	Business and Human Rights Law & Policy	15	2
LAWM167	Blockchain, Policy, Property	15	2
LAWM168	Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, and Sustainability	15	1
LAWM169	Data Protection and Privacy	15	1
LAWM170	Digital Copyright Law	15	1
LAWM172	EU Competition Law	15	1
LAWM173	Financial Markets Law and Regulation	15	1
LAWM174	International Arbitration	15	2
LAWM175	International Commercial Law	15	1
LAWM176	International Commercial Litigation	15	1
LAWM177	International Trade and Society	15	2
LAWM178	LLM Law Clinic	15	2
LAWM180	Principles of Company Law	15	1
LAWM181	Regulating AI: Law, Policy, and Ethics	15	2
LAWM182	Tax Law	15	2
LAWM183	International Banking and Fintech Law and Regulation	15	2
LAWM640	Dissertation	60	2 and 3
LAWM686	Approaches to Research in Law (ESRC)	15	1
LAWM689	The Family, Law and Social Change	15	2

Penryn Campus in Cornwall

Code	Module Title	Credits	Term(s)
LAWM184C	Climate Change Law	15	1
LAWM185C	Earth Law and Guardianship	15	2