The goal of our LLM programmes is to give students a thorough grounding in a specialised field as well as an understanding of the most significant current issues. To complete an LLM students must complete four courses and a short dissertation. For each programme, they can choose from a range of courses offered in this and other Departments in the Law Faculty. Alternatively, students can pursue a dissertation-only LLM or MPhil.
Rules regarding areas of specialisation appear in the Postgraduate Study Programmes section of the Faculty Handbook, with additional information also available on the School for Advanced Legal Studies site.
Programme specialisation gives you the opportunity to choose your courses from all the Masters courses offered in Public Law, such as:
PBL5602S | International Law of the Sea |
PBL5615F | International Law in Theory and Practice |
PBL5618S | International Law on Disputes and the Use of Force |
PBL5619S | International Environmental Law |
PBL5623F | Governing under the Constitution: Law and Practice |
PBL5628S | International Rights of the Child |
PBL5631F | International Protection of Human Rights |
PBL5640F | Principles of Environmental Law |
PBL5641F | Land Use Planning Law (not offered in 2024) |
PBL5642S | Natural Resources Law |
PBL5643F | Pollution Law |
PBL5651S | International Protection of Women's Human Rights |
PBL5653F | Refugee and Human Rights |
PBL5658S | Administrative Justice and Open Government |
PBL5659S | Human Rights, Legal Pluralism, Religion and Culture (not offered in 2024) |
PBL5661S | Litigating the South African Bill of Rights |
PBL5663S | Transparency Law & Governance: Global and Local Theory & Practice (not offered in 2024) |
PBL5815S | Punishment & Human Rights |
PBL5820F | Theories of Crime and Social Order |
PBL5822S | Victims and Victimology: Theory, Policy and Practice |
PBL5844S | Police and Policing: Explorations in Security Governance |
PBL5847S | Forensics and the Law |
PBL5848F | Law and Society in Africa (not offered in 2024) |
PBL5849F | Law in Action - Research methods |