Studying on the LLM at CCCU will provide you with an opportunity to gain deeper knowledge of specialist areas in international business and law. We aim to equip you with a core set of skills that will allow you to rationalise complex problems, produce effective solutions, discuss and present work that is relevant, well-reasoned, well researched and compelling. We aim to give you a critical, open mind about the law while at the same time providing insight into the practical aspects of the legal profession. We marry traditional scholarly attributes with more practice led skills so that at the end of the course you are equipped to work in multiple sectors.

Enjoy your time at Christ Church! We are here to help you achieve your personal best.

Looking forward to work with you!

 

The LLM in International Business and Law is designed to enable you to develop critical analytical skills through considering the long-term impact of legislation and regulation on the business environment. Therefore, the modules on this course will introduce you to the relationship between the business environment and the legislative and regulatory mechanisms. The modules also help you consider the practical implementation of these in terms of their wider environmental impact.

We have created a very innovative course of study for you that blends online learning with face-to-face interactions. The course also draws on a diversity of assessments that are geared towards supporting you evidence the skill employers find most desirable, namely: effective oral and written communication skills, problem solving, time-management, prioritisation of tasks, working as part of a team, independence, creativity and commercial awareness.

You will undertake 6 compulsory or “core” modules over the period of 12 months and choose one extra optional module. Each of these modules offer new and exciting areas of learning and will help ground you for a broad range of careers in international business and law. We are helpful and supportive of you during the learning process. We have a student focussed policy whereby we encourage you to chat with us about your goals, work, challenges and strengths freely. We will support you in these areas in the best way we can.

if you would like to start thinking about your work on this programme in advance of starting, we are available for a one on one teams meetings over the summer to chat about the programme and useful preparatory reading. It is not a pre requisite for this course, but if you feel a preparatory chat will support your learning, drop the course team an email and they will set this up.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 and you will formally be introduced to different aspects of the course them.

 

Community

On the social side, the Student Union (CCSU) has a huge range of clubs and societies – all of which have unique social calendars of their own and offer endless opportunities to make lifelong friends and discover new hobbies. And you can always create your own society and cultivate your own community!

CCSU will be hosting their Welcome Fayre on Wednesday 18th September 2024. Make sure you keep checking the CCSU website for further details and how to get involved.

We understand that you may be nervous about your first few weeks on campus but rest assured - you'll be joining a nurturing and supportive environment where diversity, equality and individuality are part of everything we do.

You can find out more about our welcoming community and making friends.

If you are an International Student joining us then please see our International Student Support pages for further information and guidance.

 

Strategy and Globalisation

• Hite, K.A. and Seitz, J L. (2016) Global Issues: An Introduction: 5th Edition
• Johnson, G., Whittington, R., Scholes, K., Angwin, D. and Regner, P. (2015 'Fundamentals of Strategy.' 3rd Edition, Pearson

Advanced Legal Research Methods/Dissertation

• R Murray How to Write a Thesis(3rd ed Open University Press 2011)
• Rob Cryer et al 'Research Methods in EU and International Law' ( Hart Publishing 2011)

Global Economics and Finance

• Brown, K. (2018) The World according to B. Tauris.
• Hill, C.W.L. (2017) International business: competing in the global marketplace. McGraw-Hill Education.

Current Legal Issues in International Business

• August, R A Mayer D (2012) 'International Business Law: Text, Cases and Readings' (Pearson ed.)
• Sornarajah, M (2015) Resistance and Change in The International Law on Foreign Investment(CUP) online access via the library
• Muchlinski, P (2007) 'Multinational Enterprises and the Law' (CUP) online access via the library
• Mallin C (2015) Corporate Governance (OUP)
• Okoye A (2016)Legal Approaches and Corporate Social Responsibility(Routledge)

Investment Treaty Arbitration

• Douglas, J. Pauwelyn and J.E. Viñuales, The Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing Theory into Practice(Oxford University Press, 2014)
• Dolzer and C. Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law(2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2012)
• Mclachlan, L. Shore and M. Weiniger, International Investment Arbitration: Substantive Principles(Oxford University Press, 2008)
• C.H. Schreuer, The ICSID Convention: A Commentary on the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States(Cambridge University Press, 2009)
• van Harten, Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law(Oxford University Press, 2007)

Public International Law

• Cassese A, International Law (OUP 2005)
• Evans M, International Law (3rd edn, OUP 2010)
• Mc Cann, International and Comparative Business (Sage 2014)
• Shaw M, International Law (7th edn, CUP 2014)
• Subedi, S International Investment law Reconciling Policy and Principles (OUP 2016)
• Wells, C, Corporations and Criminal Responsibility (OUP 2001)

AI Governance: Law and Policy

• J De Bruyne & C Vanleenhove (eds), Artificial Intelligence and the Law (2021,Intersentia)
• Simon Chesterman, We, the Robots?: Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law (2021, Cambridge University Press)
• L DiMatteo, C Poncibò & M Cannars (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics (2021, Cambridge University Press)
• W Barfield and U Pagallo (eds), Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence (2020, Edward Elgar)

Human Rights

• Michael Goodhart: Human Rights: Politics and Practice, Oxford:OUP Introduction by Michael Goodhart
• Colin Samson (2020) The Colonialism of Human Rights: Ongoing Hypocrisies of Western Liberalism. Cambridge: Polity