Cambridge University Reporter


LL.M. Examination, 2010: Notice of prescribed papers and forms of examination

The Faculty Board of Law give notice that they have prescribed the following papers and forms of examination for the LL.M. Examination, 2010 (LL.M. Regulations 1 and 2, Statutes and Ordinances, p. 447):

  Form of examination
Paper 2 International commercial tax t
Paper 3 International commercial litigation 3
Paper 4 Law of restitution t
Paper 6 Commercial insurance law 3
Paper 9 Corporate finance law t
Paper 10 Corporate governance t
Paper 11 Criminal justice - players and processes es, t
Paper 12 Intellectual property es, t
Paper 14 Competition law 3
Paper 15 International environmental law 3
Paper 17 EC trade law t
Paper 18 External relations law of the European Union t
Paper 19 Foundations of international law t
Paper 20 Law of armed conflict, use of force, and peacekeeping 3
Paper 23 The law of the World Trade Organization es, t
Paper 24 International criminal law t
Paper 25 International human rights law t
Paper 26 Civil liberties and human rights es
Paper 30 Jurisprudence 3
Paper 32 Commercial equity t
Paper 33 Comparative family law and policy t
Paper 34 Philosophy of criminal law t
Paper 35 History of English civil and criminal law t
Paper 36 International intellectual property law es, t
Paper 38 Seminar paper

Explanation of forms of examination

(a) A candidate may take a written paper of three hours' duration in all the subjects listed above, other than Paper 38.

(b) Paper 38: Seminar paper. Paper 38 shall be examined by the submission of a thesis which shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the scope of one of the following seminar courses prescribed for 2009-10:

i. Comparative law
ii. European social rights and economic integration
iii. Public law
iv. Philosophy of evidence and proof

(c) 'es' indicates a subject in which a candidate has a free choice between:

i. a written paper of three hours' duration; and
ii. a written paper of two hours' duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.

(d) 't' indicates a subject in which a candidate may submit a thesis in lieu of a final examination. The thesis shall not, without the leave of the Faculty Board, exceed 18,000 words including footnotes and appendices, but excluding bibliography. It shall be on a topic approved by the Faculty Board falling within the field of the subject.

(e) '3' indicates a subject in which a three-hour final examination is required, the candidate having no option of substituting a thesis or a two-hour examination and an essay.

(f) In 2009-10 there are no subjects which may be examined only in the form of a written paper of two hours' duration together with the submission of an essay of not more than 7,000 words, including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography, on a topic approved by the Faculty Board which falls within the field of the subject.