Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

These are research degrees examined wholly by thesis, prepared under the supervision of a member of staff of the University. Most MPhil and PhD students in law are registered at one of the six law schools and supervised by a member of their staff. The Institute, however, is able to accept a limited number of MPhil and PhD students who are of high quality and whose research topics fit with the Institute's own research interests. At present, the Institute has a broad competence to supervise advanced degrees, and has particular and international expertise in the following areas:

 

• Access to Justice

• Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Banking and Securities Law

• Company and Commercial Law

• Comparative Law

• Discrimination

• Economic Crime

• Economic Regulation

• European Law

• Human Rights

• International Economic and Financial Law

• Law Enforcement

• Legal Education

• Legal Practice

• Legal Profession

• Legal Services

• Legal Skills

• Legislative Studies and Legislative Drafting

• Public International Law

• Public Law

• Revenue and Energy Law

• Space Law

• Tax Law

• Tort Law

There are specific aspects of all the topics that the Institute can address only.

In some of the areas above and below, MPhil/PhD work might also be undertaken together with some of the staff of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law:

European and Comparative Law Programme

• Competition Law

• Regulatory issues in the EU

• Product Liability and Comparative Law

• Tort Law

• European Financial Law

International Law Programme

• Bilateral Investment Treaties

• Evidence before International Courts and Tribunals

• Damages in International Law

• International Economic Law and the WTO

• International Humanitarian Law

• Digital Evidence and E-commerce

• International La in Domestic Courts

• Human Rights

• Private International Law
  

There are specific aspects of all the topics that the Institute can address only.

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