References to the types of innovative work currently being carried out within the Faculty out can be found in our research pages. It includes work on Information Technology Law, Environmental Law, European Law and many other dynamic areas of interest. The MA is taught by the staff of the Institute of Criminal Justice . It extends over twelve months with core courses and options taught in the first two terms. The third term is devoted to preparing a dissertation to be submitted at the end of September.
Examination is wholly on the basis of assessed essays and the dissertation.
Each of the four 'core' courses is taught in weekly two hour seminars in the first term. During the term, you are required to select three options for study in the second term. Each subject is taught in two-hourly seminars once a week. In such cases you can expect to complete it within two or three years. Students are drawn from diverse academic backgrounds, including law, psychology, sociology, anthropology, social work and history.