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LM-P21 Master of Laws by Coursework

a) A student may undertake a special course of study referred to in Rule LM-P10 and in such case shall attend, and by examination complete four modules totalling 96 credits; and i) submit a dissertation of approximately 20 000 words totalling 96 credits; or ii) submit four research papers of approximately 5000 words each, totalling 96 credits. b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule LM-P30(a), the School may decide in any year that

for certain coursework programmes as specified, the option of four research papers as provided in Rule LM-P30(a)(ii) will not be available.

LM-P22 Coursework Modules

a) A student undertaking a special course of study shall select from any one of the programmes set out in LM-P10 1) g) and h) above, with the proviso:

(i) not all of the modules or programmes will necessarily be offered in any one year, and (ii) the School Board must approve the combination of modules for which a student may

register in any programme.

b) Senate may, on application by a student, permit such student to take modules offered elsewhere in the University, or any other university; provided that no more than one such module shall be permitted.

c) All coursework components or modules shall carry 24 credits and shall include an All coursework components or modules shall carry 24 credits and shall include an examination which shall contribute 50% to the final mark for the module.

LM-P23 Research Papers

A student pursuing a course of study envisaged by Rule LM-P30(a)(ii) shall: (a) submit four 5000-word research papers, each paper bearing 24 credits;

(b) in the same semester in which that module is taken, submit a research paper dealing with a topic that corresponds with the learning outcomes of the module. LM-P24 Programmes

A. LLM in Business Law (Howard College & Pietermaritzburg) Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) Choose four of the following modules

a) LAWS8AE Advanced Contract Law 24C

b) LAWS8AG Advanced Corporate Law 24C

c) LAWS8AI Advanced Insolvency Law 24C

d) LAWS8AO Advanced Tax Law 1 24C

e) LAWS8TA Advanced Tax Law 2 24C

f) LAWS8AK Advanced Labour Law 24C

h) LAWS8BK International Trade Law 24C

i) LAWS8BI Intellectual Property Law 24C

j) LAWS8LA Sports Law 1 24C

2) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C

B. LLM in Child Care & Protection Law (Howard College) Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) LAWS8DZ Research Methodology (Compulsory) 24C 2) LAWS8DB Children's rights (Local & International) (Compulsory) 24C

3) LAWS8DC Role of Professional in proceedings (Compulsory) 24C 4) In addition to the above three core modules, students will choose any one elective from

the following modules:

a) LAWS8DD Child-Care Policy & Legislation 24C b) LAWS8DE Crime: Children as Victims & Perpetrators 24 C c) LAWS8DF Emerging Medico-Legal & Social Aspects of Child Care

and Protection 24C

5) Dissertation approved by the School 96C

C. LLM in Constitutional Theory, Law & Litigation (Howard College) Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) LAWS8AC Advanced Constitutional Law (Compulsory) 24C 2) LAWS8AU Constitutional and Human Rights Litigation (Compulsory) 24C

3) LAWS8MO History & Philosophy of Constitutionalism 24C

4) LAWS8LE Politics of Law 24 C

5) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96 C

D. LLM in Environmental Law (Howard College & Pietermaritzburg) Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) LAWS8BS Land Use and Planning Law 24C

2) LAWS8CA Natural Resources Law 24C

3) LAWS8CE Pollution Control Law 24C

4) LAWS8PB International Environmental Law 24C

5) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C

E. LLM in Labour Studies (Howard College)

1) LAWS8AK Advanced Labour Law 24C

2) LAWS8BA Employment Discrimination law 24C

3) LAWS8BO Labour Dispute Resolution 24C

4) An elective module from any other masters programme

pertinent to Labour Law, with the approval of the academic leader 24C 5) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C

F. LLM in Medical Law (Howard College)

Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) LAWS8AQ Bio-ethics and the Law 24C

2) LAWS8BC Forensic Medicine 24C

3) LAWS8BS Law and Medical Practice 24C

4) LAWS8BE HIV/AIDS, Human Rights and the Law 24C

5) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C

G. LLM in Maritime Law (Howard College)

Students shall successfully complete the following programme: 1) Choose four of the following modules

a) LAWS8AA Admiralty Law 24C

b) LAWS8AS Carriage of Goods by Sea 24C

c) LAWS8BG Incidents of Navigation 24C

d) LAWS8BK International Trade Law 24C

e) LAWS8BU Law of the Sea 24C

f) LAWS8MI Maritime Insurance 24C

2) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C

H. LLM in Advanced Criminal Justice (Howard College & Pietermaritzburg) Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) Choose four of the following modules

a) LAWS8CS Advanced Criminal Law 24C

b) LAWS8CT Criminal Process 24C

c) LAWS8DL International Criminal Law 24C

d) LAWS8LG Criminology 24C

e) LAWS8LJ Sentencing 24C

I. LLM IN Taxation Law (Howard College)

Students shall successfully complete the following programme:

1) LAWS8AO Advanced Tax 1 24C

2) Advanced LAWS8TA Tax 2 24C

3) LAWS8CM Donation Tax/Estate Duty 24C

4) With permission of the Programme coordinator, a fourth module

from the Business Law Programme 24C

5) Dissertation or four academic research papers approved by the School 96C