LLM Law and Development: The University of Manchester

Course description

The programme will be attractive to students with an interest in legal reform and policy-making in developing and transition economies. It is also appropriate to those seeking careers in development agencies and NGOs with a developing country focus.

On completion of the programme, successful students will be able to:

• recognise the key issues in understanding the role of the law in the process of development and the transition towards a market-based economy;
• appreciate the importance of the legal framework in underpinning successful market economies;
• be aware of current academic debate around the themes of law and development;
• be familiar with the debate n how differences in legal systems impinge on economic growth;
• understand the role played by multilateral organisations in the reform of legal systems in developing countries;
• appreciate the influence of culture and political systems on both legal systems and the process of development;
• research and analyse issues involving the link between law and economic development.

The Law and Development programme is an activity of the Institute for Law, Economy and Global Governance (InLEGGo) within The School of Law.  Members of InLEGGo will teach on the Law and Development programme, and have carried out research by and been consultants to international organisations such as World Bank, USAID, European Union and EBRD.

Module details

Compulsory course units will include  Law, Governance and Development and  Economics For Lawyers, and other course units to be decided each year.

LL.M in Law and Development will typically offer optional course units in  Human Rights Law; The Laws & Practice of International Banking & Finance; Sociology of Law;  Corporations & International Business Law; and Comparative Corporate Governance (along with several other more generic optional course units).

Entry requirements

Academic entry qualification overview: A minimum upper second class honours degree, or the equivalent, in law.

English language: Students whose first language is not English are required to hold IELTS 7.0 with a minimum writing score of 7, or TOEFL 106 internet-based, or Cambridge Certificate Grade C.

It is also recommended that applicants attend pre-sessional English language courses at the University.