Postgraduate Prospectus

This course has a start date in September  

An increasingly globalised economy requires commercial law to meet a wide variety of exciting challenges, from the transactional to the regulatory, from shipping to finance, from access to markets to dispute resolution. The LLM in International Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham reflects international business in its diversity, innovation, and contemporary relevance.

The School of Law boasts an impressive and internationally-renowned team of international commercial lawyers, combining established experts with exciting early-career scholars. Published scholarship is extensive, with every member of the academic staff engaged in high quality research. Current Nottingham academics are authors of several major treatises on international commercial law. Howard Bennett is the author of The Law of Marine Insurance, the second edition of which was awarded the British Insurance Law Association annual book prize for 2007. James Fawcett is co-author of Cheshire and North’s Private International Law (11^th-13^th editions) and International Sale of Goods in the Conflict of Laws (2005), and together with Paul Torremans wrote Intellectual Property and Private International Law (1998). Niamh Moloney is the author of EC Securities Regulation (2005), while Sue Arrowsmith co-authored The Regulation of Public Procurement: National and International Perspectives (2000). More specialist monographs on commercial law include: Cartwright, Banks, Consumers and Regulation (2004) and the prize-winning Consumer Protection and the Criminal Law (2001); Footer, An Institutional and Normative Analysis of the World Trade Organization (2005); Rotherham, Proprietary Remedies in Context (2002). Several members of the international commercial law team also serve as editors or as members of the editorial boards of leading journals or learned publication series.

The International Commercial Law programme supported by this team embraces several areas of special interest:

• International Trade and Maritime Law

Professor Howard Bennett, Professor Sarah Dromgoole, Ms Sope Williams

• Private International Law/Conflict of Laws

Professor James Fawcett, Professor Paul Torremans

• Intellectual Property Law

Professor Paul Torremans, Dr Estelle Derclaye

• Public Procurement

Professor Sue Arrowsmith, Dr Annamaria La Chimia, Ms Sope Williams, Dr Ping Wang

• Commercial Law of the European Union

Professor Jeffrey Kenner, Dr Aris Georgopoulos, Dr Ping Wang

• The World Trade Organization

Professor Mary Footer, Dr Emilie Cloatre, Dr Annamaria La Chimia

• Banking and Finance Law

Professor Niamh Moloney, Professor Howard Bennett, Professor Peter Cartwright, Professor Mary Footer, Professor Craig Rotherham

Since its introduction in 1987, our LLM programme has continued to grow in popularity and prestige.  Offering a wide and diverse range of over 50 options, the programme now attracts some 150 to 180 candidates each year, from more than 50 countries, confirming its status as one of the leading and most exciting LLM programmes available.

We also offer LLM pathways in the areas listed below, as well as a more general LLM (Master of Laws) qualification:

• LLM Criminal Justice
• LLM Environmental Law
• LLM European Law
• LLM Human Rights Law
• LLM International Law
• LLM International Criminal Justice & Armed Conflict
• LLM International Law & Development
• LLM Maritime Law
• LLM Public International Law

• The School of Law is rated as ‘internationally outstanding’ (Grade 5A on a scale of 1-5) for its research and as ‘Excellent’ for its teaching quality.
• The School enjoys important professional relationships with international institutions; leading firms in the City of London and the provinces; private industry and consultancies; and non-governmental organisations.
• Students at the School of Law have exclusive access to the Slaughter and May Computer Room.
• Excellent Law Library has in excess of 60,000 volumes, immediate access to a very wide range of electronic materials and resources and dedicated Law Librarian.
• The School has an active Public Procurement Research Group. 

The courses and research opportunities listed on this website are subject to change. While we will do all we can to ensure the information on these pages is accurate and up-to-date, The University of Nottingham reserves the right to change the content, modules and titles of any courses and research opportunities listed here without prior warning.