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MPhil - Master of Philosophy
Streatham Campus
Full Time
Jan 2027
3 Year
The Law School has a worldwide reputation for excellence in teaching and research, attracting academics, visiting lecturers and students from across the globe. As a postgraduate student at the School you will be part of a diverse and dynamic community.Our researchers' specialist interests collectively encompass a wide range of legal fields. Our academic staff come from a number of different jurisdictions and work in a breadth of legal fields from the historical and theoretical to the socio-legal.The subject-matter of your research is of course chosen by you, although we will give you advice and guidance in formulating an appropriate research proposal. Human rights and human dignity in theory and practice, especially under the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights Intersections of public law, private law, criminal law, criminal justice, and international law with questions of human rights and democratic principles Comparative and domestic constitutional law and politics Legal and political dimensions of non-democratic systems and threats to democracy, including past authoritarian regimes and the resurgence of populism and illiberalism.
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