Core Course I - Criminological Theories

Prof Rachel CondryThis compulsory course taught in Michaelmas Term seeks to develop understanding of the organizing categories and central claims of a range of modern criminological perspectives of crime and...

International Environmental Law

This course introduces students to the fundamental pillars of International environmental law, and international climate change law, in particular. The 2015 Paris Agreement, the result of the most significant,...

Feminist Perspectives in Law

The course is defined by a specific critical perspective on the law – a feminist one. It cuts across standard legal areas and methodologies: it covers topics from private and...

Human Rights at Work

This course examines how the idea of human rights guides, constitutes, and regulates the legal rules and standards governing employment and work. This examination of the foundation of labour...

Taxation of Corporate Finance

ElectiveThe Taxation of Corporate Finance course focuses on the tax treatment of debt, equity and derivative contracts, but also includes other financing structures such as repo transactions and equity finance....

Human Rights Law

The objective of the course is to provide a thorough grounding in the law of human rights which applies in the United Kingdom. The primary aim is to introduce students...

Tax Treaties

Elective The Tax Treaties course focuses on the operation of double taxation conventions (more colloquially referred to as “tax treaties” and often abbreviated as “DTCs”). The emphasis is on the interpretation...

Contract

The syllabus comprises the general principles of the law governing enforceable agreements. It is not concerned with special rules governing specific types of contracts, such as sale, carriage or employment,...

Corporate Valuation

Managers of firms have many responsibilities. A critical one is to ensure that the firm makes appropriate investment and financial decisions. This course focuses on how to make good decisions....

International Economic Law

This course introduces students to the principles and institutions of international economic law. It focuses primarily on the institutions and substantive law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including notably...

Medical Law and Ethics (FHS)

This course covers selected legal, ethical and medical issues arising in medical practice and research. It focuses on issues of consent, autonomy and best interests of the patient and other...

Principles of Financial Regulation

Financial regulation is subject to rapid change, and its optimal content is hotly debated. This course will introduce you to the underlying principles which various forms of financial regulation seek...

EU Tax Law

ElectiveThe course EU Tax Law will enable students to develop an in-depth understanding of European Union (EU) tax law and policy in the global context. This course will provide a...

Constitutional Law (Mods)

This course covers the law of the constitution, including the structure and basic principles of the British constitution, and the impact of European Union law on the constitution. It also...

Tax Principles and Policy

Core CourseTax Principles and PolicyThis core course introduces students to fundamental principles in taxation as well as enabling students to meet with each other and exchange ideas. Students taking...

Public and Private Policing

Prof Ian LoaderEffective, accountable and legitimate police institutions are a key ingredient of citizen security and good government. Yet the public police are not the only providers of policing. Security...

Victims and Restorative Justice

Prof Carolyn HoyleThis course will examine the development of victimology and, in particular, the developing role of victims within the criminal process, in the UK and in other jurisdictions. In...

European Union Law

The law of the European Union is based largely on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, and legislation made under the...

Sociology of Mafias

Please note this course is offered by the Department of Sociology so the assessment will vary slightly from those offered by the Centre for Criminology.The course analyses five criminal organizations...

Law and Economics of Corporate Transactions

This course, which runs during the Hilary and Trinity terms, gives students a toolkit for structuring common corporate transactions. It acts as the fulcrum for the programme as a whole....

Commercial Remedies

This course aims to provide an in-depth understanding of remedies in a commercial context, interpreting that phrase in a wide sense. So it will cover remedies for civil wrongs (i.e.,...

Corporate Finance Law

The limited company is a hugely popular business vehicle, and the primary reason for this is its ability to act as a successful vehicle for raising business finance and diversifying...

Company Law

The company is one of the most important institutions in our society. There are over two million registered companies which, of course, vary radically in size and commercial significance ranging...

UK Corporate Tax

Elective The UK Corporate Tax course aims to introduce students to the issues surrounding taxation of domestic and multi-national corporations under UK law. Although the focus is on UK taxation, many...

Conflict of Laws

The Conflict of Laws, or Private International Law, is concerned with private (mainly commercial) law cases, where the facts which give rise to litigation contain one or more foreign elements....