This class will provide you with advanced instruction in the law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

You'll explore the core rules of non-discrimination and most-favoured nation treatment which underpin many of the legal agreements comprising the WTO. You’ll also look in detail at the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system.

The analysis will then move on to more specialised WTO agreements such the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, the Antidumping Agreement and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. You'll also look at how the WTO disciplines the grant of governmental subsidies to domestic industries.

This class will introduce students to the concepts underpinning the regulation of businesses. It will explain the different types of business entities and introduce students to company and corporate law concepts.

Your Masters will culminate in a dissertation. This is an extended project of enquiry into an area of your own choice. You'll create knowledge in answer to a question which really intrigues you.

While you'll be very much in the driving seat, your work is nurtured and guided by a member of our academic staff team. You'll be guided by some of the world’s foremost experts.

60 credits

This module supports students writing an enhanced research proposal, with a view to supporting their transition into PGR study (PhD/MPhil studies) and creating an early research supervision relationship with a prospective supervisor.

60 credits

This module gives students the opportunity to apply to pursue an internship in a national or international organisation relevant to their course. The internship allows students to be placed in a relevant host organisation for a specified number of hours agreed with the Strathclyde tutor. The student will be responsible for producing an internship report which will include an account of the knowledge and skills attained applying theoretical concepts and with reference to discipline specific literature as well as an in-context self-reflective analysis of the experience, the organisation and the work undertaken enabling broader critical reflections on the student’s place in the professional world.

60 credits

This module gives students to apply to do independent work in the final semester of their LLM/MSc. Students will be required to identify and co-design the project supported by their Strathclyde mentor. The project report includes the response to the research question co-designed with a relevant host organisation as well as an in-context self-reflective analysis of the project, the organisation and the student’s experience in executing the work enabling broader critical reflections on the student’s place in the professional world.

This class will examine the relationship between business and human rights and will include an introduction to:

• the international human rights framework
• the role of business entities as global actors
• the identification of the legal challenges that business presents for the international legal system

This class focuses on legal developments in electronic contracting, from current legal problems with contract formation and e-signatures, to consumer protection, e-commerce regulation and jurisdiction, and applicable law for online contracts.

This class seeks to examine a variety of difficulties and subject matters in the area of financial crime, such as money laundering, insider trading, and fraud.

This course will examine select topics in capital markets regulation and economic theories underpinning them, including:

• the law and economics of disclosure
• regulation of market abuse (insider dealing and market manipulation)
• the function and regulation of the market for corporate control

This class will focus on developing an understanding of the rationale for EU competition law and policy, the substantive rules and the processes of enforcement.

Google, TikTok, Amazon… Digital services have become an integral part of our lifestyle. While the digital economy is here to stay, it also brought a plethora of issues to the field of competition law. This class introduces students to the fundamentals of digital business models and of competition law. We then discuss competition law cases concerning self-preferencing, disputes over data and digital content, privacy, the prevalence of ecosystems and new forms of economic power. In the last part, we explore the brand new ex-ante competition regulations that were shaped by the preceding case law: The EU Digital Markets Act and the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill.

In spite of the widespread presence of intellectual property in law schools, in industry and the media, even basic issues in intellectual property remain misunderstood. This module, by providing students with the skills and information to navigate a world of intellectual property protection, will consider cutting-edge technologies, such as machine learning and generative AI, and enable students to effectively protect and assert their rights as well as avoid liability for infringing those of others.