As the European Union has developed into new policy areas, EU law has grown in significance. This programme offers a detailed knowledge of EU law in a range of fields including constitutional law, the law relating to the single market, competition law, environmental law, employment law, the law on migration, and human rights law.
This programme provides students with a broad as well as an advanced understanding of a wide range of European legal topic areas, notably but not exclusively relating to the law of the European Union. In addition to focusing on the law and policy of the EU, the programme also offers students the opportunity to study European legal integration from a comparative law perspective.

The overall approach adopted by the programme in relation to the study of European Law involves considering not only a wide range of key legal principles that underpin the evolving framework of European legal integration, but also the impact of European law in its broader social, political and economic context.
The proximity of Kent to London, Brussels and other major European capital cities makes it ideally located for the study of European Law.

The Master's degrees offered within the Law School are taught by seminar and dissertation.

You take three modules in each of the first two terms. These are normally assessed by a single essay of 4-5,000 words for each module, but some modules make special arrangements for assessment, for example, by requiring two essays of 2-2,500 words, or by awarding up to 20% of the marks according to the quality of student participation.

In the third term and during the summer period, you write a 15-20,000 word dissertation, under the supervision of a member of academic staff. This should be on a specific topic within the field of the degree.

For all of the Law taught Master's degrees, there is the alternative of studying for a postgraduate diploma. Students registered for the diploma take the same modules as a Master's student, but do not write a dissertation.

Course content

• At least three European law modules, currently including: European Comparative Law; EU Constitutional and Institutional Law; EU and International Competition Law: Legal Foundations; EU Environmental Law and Policy; EU Migration Law; European Contract Law; Foundations of EU Economic Law; European Human Rights Law; EU External Relations Law.
• Up to three modules from any others offered by the Kent Law School or other Schools at Kent, including: Decision-making in the European Union; European Public Policy; International Protection of Human Rights.
• Dissertation of 15-20,000 words

Assessment

Assessment is by a 4-5,000-word essay for each module, or equivalent coursework, and the dissertation for the Master's award.

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