In modern complex societies, the power of government and legal systems to regulate and facilitate human and business activity is considerable – and often deeply controversial.

The modules offered on this specialist LLM in Public Law programme enable students to pursue advanced study of many of the pressing legal and policy issues relating to how we are governed and how legal systems operate.

The strong comparative and international focus of most of the modules make the programme suitable for international, EU and UK students alike.

Group O - LLM in Public Law

Taught Modules

To specialise in this area, students must select a minimum of two modules from this list and do their compulsory dissertation in the field of Public Law. The additional required module can be in this area or can be unrelated and therefore selected from the full list of available modules.

Note: Not all of the modules listed will be available in any one year. Any modules not available in the forthcoming academic session will be marked as soon as this information is confirmed by teaching academics.

• QLLM008 Challenging Public Power: Advanced Administrative Law - Not running 2013
• QLLM014 Comparative Immigration and Nationality Law
• QLLM023 Courts in Comparative Perspective - Not running 2013
• QLLM027 Ethnic Minorities and the Law
• QLLM029 EU Justice and Home Affairs (also available as two half modules 100 and 101) - Not running in 2013
• QLLM047 International and Comparative Social Justice
• QLLM067 Judicial Protection in the EU - Not running in 2013
• QLLM100 EU Immigration Law (half module 029 Term 1) - Not running in 2013
• QLLM101 EU Criminal Law (half module 029 term 2)
• QLLM106 EU Constitutional Law I - Concepts, Values and Principles (half module) - Not running in 2013
• QLLM107 EU Constitutional Law II - Governance (half module) - Not running in 2013
• QLLM122 European Union Tax Law
• QLLM127 International Human Rights Law
• QLLM128 Telecommunications Law
• QLLM129 European Human Rights Law
• QLLM130 Terrorism and Human Rights
• QLLM155 Principles of Regulation (half module semester 1)

Teachers contributing to this programme include:

• Professor Andrew Le Sueur
• Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas
• Dr Tom O'Shea
• Professor Takis Tridimas
• Professor Ian Walden

• Profile 1

Stella Tsakona, Greece

LLM in Public Law, 2010-11

"During my studies I have come to realise that the way that leads to a complete education includes constant intellectual procedure and everlasting struggle for excellence, requiring a lot of effort and demanding full commitment. After successfully completing my undergraduate studies at the Department of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and before joining Queen Mary, I worked at a law firm in Greece dealing mostly with labour and Insurance cases.

I was highly aware of the global reputation of Queen Mary. I was keen on Queen Mary's offering the most benefits in terms of both facilities and courses. Indeed my studies here have been one of the most constructive and fascinating experiences. I am doing the LLM in Public Law. I have combined the courses of the EU Justice and Home Affairs and Judicial Protection in EU which are placed within the ambit of pure European public law with the Privacy and Information Law and I had the opportunity to be taught by internationally leading academics, at the cutting edge of their fields, namely Professors Valsamis Mitsilegas, Takis Tridimas and Ian Walden respectively. Being certain that this experience will affect the rest of my life in the most positive way, I would definitely recommend Queen Mary's LLM for its excellent taught courses and seminars, the helpful feedback, the wonderful facilities and the multicultural environment. Equipped with valuable knowledge and having acquired a deep insight to the European know-how in the field of Public Law I am planning to implement all I have learnt in my country."