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The LLM Public International Law is designed for those candidates who seek the qualification of a general public international lawyer, but with a range of specialist interests (as in environmental protection, or world trade or humanitarian warfare or human rights).
This degree not only allows candidates to develop an excellent grounding in the techniques of argument and interpretation of international law with special reference to its sources (such as treaties and custom), but also to acquire some expertise in how these elements are put to the test in very different contexts.
Compare, for example, the notion of the international law of development, which enjoys a more recent history of legal intervention, with the international regulation of the use of force, whose history is often traced back to the 1907 Hague Convention Respecting the Limitation of the Employment of Force for the Recovery of Contract Debts.
What we seek, therefore, is to produce a well-rounded, or general, international lawyer who is sufficiently equipped in the basic methodologies of the discipline but who, at the same time, has a general awareness of the various sub-realms of public international law as well as some sense of how general public international law applies (and has been applied) therein.
The truly international nature of the staff and student body was, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of the course. The course provided a fantastic opportunity to learn from distinguished experts who were able to effectively communicate enthusiasm for their respective fields and the diverse range of legal backgrounds and experiences among the students made for fascinating seminar discussions.
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