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LSE Law is the UK's pre-eminent research institution for law. Our academics are the authors of influential and often path-breaking scholarship, and many have globally leading reputations. As one of UK's largest law departments, with over 70 academic members of staff, LSE Law is well known for its interdisciplinary and contextual approaches to the study of law.

Our PhD Law programme offers the opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools. Students in our PhD programme receive excellent training, and work under the supervision of leading scholars with strong international, comparative and interdisciplinary commitments. Our doctoral students become members of a lively academic community which is at the cutting-edge of legal scholarship and which plays a major role in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

Students in our PhD programme work under the supervision of two academics. We also provide specialised training for PhD students, both through our own training course and through courses run by other units of LSE, especially the Department of Methodology and the PhD Academy. PhD students are also welcome to attend any other LSE course, subject to the approval of the lecturer.

We aim to provide our PhD students with the opportunity to gain teaching experience, and also offer the opportunity to become involved with the organisation of mooting, academic conferences, pro bono work, and our working paper series. Each year two PhD students also serve as Masters advisers/PhD Representatives.

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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is regarded as an international centre of academic excellence and innovation in the social sciences. LSE was founded in 1895 and joined the University of London in 1900.

In the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), LSE is shown as the top university in the UK based on the proportion of ‘world-leading’ (4*) research produced.

LSE is also the joint second ranking university in the UK overall, when considering research outputs, research impact and research environment. 58 per cent of LSE’s research was judged to be world-leading (4*) and 35 per cent was deemed to be internationally excellent (3*). More About LSE in the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)

The School’s academic profile spans a broad range of social sciences and is renowned for studying real world issues, from economics, politics and law to sociology, anthropology, accounting and finance.

LSE offers 40 Bachelor’s degree programmes, over 140 taught Master’s and Diploma programmes, and PhD opportunities across the social sciences. Teaching and research are conducted through 25 Departments and Institutes and 23 Research Centres.

The University of London offers more than 30 distance learning undergraduate qualifications in finance and social science related disciplines that receive academic direction from LSE.

LSE is also part of a consortium of member institutions that provides academic direction for distance learning LLB and CertHE Common Law programmes. LSE is ranked sixth in the current QS World Rankings(External website) for law.

LSE has students from over 160 countries worldwide making the School a very international and cosmopolitan institution in which to study and their central location offers easy access to the vast cultural and social life that London has to offer.

Alumni and former staff include 18 Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Peace or Literature

The School regularly attracts leading public figures to give lectures, attend seminars and consult staff.

Graduates can be found in senior positions in organisations and government worldwide. Alumni and former staff include 18 Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Peace or Literature and 36 past or present Heads of State.

LSE alumni benefit from bespoke careers services, a mentoring network, events and their Leadership Series - livestreamed lectures with the world’s thought leaders.

LSE also hosts prestigious Summer school (External website) which are regularly attended by students from the University of London.

Scholarships are available to attend the session in London, while other July programmes are available in Beijing and Cape Town, South Africa

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Students are immersed in the legal community from the very start of their degree, with the LLB welcome reception being held at one of the Inns of Court.

Introduction to the LLB and LSE Law

The LLB programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science is a leading undergraduate law degree, delivered at one of the world's top law schools. In the 2023 QS World University rankings for Law and Legal Studies, LSE Law was ranked 7th (out of 300 worldwide), and 1st in London. The LSE law student body is one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse in the world with half of the class being international students.

At LSE, students learn that law is not a body of knowledge stored in libraries, but a presence all around us, constantly evident in our social, civil and business interactions. To study law with us is not to amass large quantities of stored information, but to explore key issues of fundamental importance to society.

LSE Law School is one the UK's leading legal research institutions. This means that students benefit from being immersed in an environment where academics not only have extraordinary levels of knowledge to impart, but also actively contribute to the development of law, exploring how the law can provide solutions to issues of contemporary significance. However, you shouldn’t assume that because our staff are leading researchers you will be taught by part-time teachers; the vast majority of your teaching on the LLB will be done by permanent members of staff.

The identity of LSE Law School is inextricably linked to its geographical location in the heart of UK legal life. Our campus is adjacent to both the Royal Court of Justice and Lincoln's Inn, one of the four Inns of Court of which all barristers must be members. All four Inns are within a ten-minute walk of our campus. Also within close proximity are the offices of some of London’s most prominent solicitors. Students are immersed in the legal community from the very start of their degree, with a events hosted at the Law Society and Inns of Court, and legal practitioners regularly being involved in events on campus.

Programme structure

The objectives of the LLB degree are:

  • to equip students with a sound understanding of the foundations of legal knowledge, enabling them to obtain exemption from the common professional examination
  • to offer students the opportunity to study law from an extensive catalogue of optional subjects, covering the broad range of legal knowledge
  • to develop students' analytical and research skills, equipping them with the generic skills they will need in their future careers, whether legal or not
  • to expose students to a wide range of disciplinary approaches to legal study, encouraging them to reflect on the complexity of legal practice and of the variety of ways of understanding law's role in contemporary society#

Year one (compulsory courses)

The first year of the LLB is known as the Intermediate year and consists of five compulsory courses:

LL141 Introduction to Legal Systems 

LL142 Contract Law 

LL143 Tort Law

LL106 Public Law

LL108 Criminal Law

Years two and three (course options)

In the second year students choose four courses from our  list of course options . In the third year students choose three more options and take one compulsory course in Jurisprudence.

Teaching delivery

The delivery of teaching and learning on the LLB complements the degree’s aims and content. Large courses are taught through a combination of lectures and small classes. Classes are more interactive and involve groups of around 15 students in discussion with either a member of academic staff or a research student about particular aspects of the material covered in the lecture.

Seminars are two-hour classes of up to 25 students. Sometimes these will involve small group discussions, or collective class discussions with a member of academic staff, while at other times seminars may consist of academic or student-led presentations. You can expect a challenging, thought-provoking and ultimately rewarding experience.

Written work and other types of formative assessment are set for courses each term and marked by academics. Feedback is provided on those assessments.

Most summative assessment (i.e. assessment which contributes to your final degree result) takes the form of an exam in the Spring term. The exams will normally require the writing of essays or answers to legal problems.

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As the world economy is now facing structural changes and recession unprecedented since the 1930s, trade protectionism has begun to re-emerge. Tariff trade barriers, after several rounds of GATT negotiation, are no longer a serious concern. Rather, it is the use of non-tariff trade barriers that threatens the world trading order. This thesis examines the legal problems involved in the use of the most commonly employed non-tariff trade barriers. The concentration is on dumping/ antidumping, subsidy/ anti subsidy, emergency safeguard actions against imports, voluntary export restraints (VERs), and Multifiber Arrangements (MFA). Dumping and subsidy are commonly termed as unfair trade practices, although the element of unfairness in these practices is subject to much controversy. The emergency safeguard regimes under Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT), VERs, and the MFA present various modes of safeguard actions. The thesis comprises three parts. Part One investigates the current state of world economy. Chapter I examines the impacts of structural changes and recession on the functions of three main international economic organizations, the GATT, the International Monetary Funds, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Chapter II looks into the classic free trade theory and the emergence of new sources of comparative advantages. Emphasis is on how the changing pattern of comparative advantage affect the world economy and trading relations. Current trade conflicts and their solutions are discussed in Chapter III with special emphasis on the various use of non-tariff trade barriers. Part Two, the main part of the thesis, concentrates on the legal analysis of those issues mentioned above. International law, mainly the GATT, as well as national implementing legislation and actual practices is investigated. Economic analysis is used to facilitate legal discussions. Part Three, the concluding part of the thesis, has two chapters. Chapter I examines how politics in the time of economic hardship affects the making and application of trade laws, and how far the current legal regimes regarding unfair trade practices and safeguard actions depart from the goal of global efficiency. Chapter II, in an attempt to search for the least distortive and politically viable way to improve the current legal order in international trade, discusses and comments on specific proposals made by Professor Barcelo of the Cornell University, Professor Lowenfeld of the New York University, and Dr. Hindley of the London School of Economics. Finally, the candidate puts forwards her own proposal.

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Law, Economics and Society: The Foundations of Capitalism (LAWS0299)

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The course will provide students an advanced critical introduction to the impact on the legal system of the transformation of modern capitalism from technological and economic change, drawing on research in economics, complexity science, political economy and economic sociology.

The course will examine the evolving legal and economic foundations of capitalism, as these are transformed by the ongoing fourth industrial revolution, in order to introduce participants to the intricacies of the legal-economic nexus in modern capitalist societies. This is not a traditional “economic analysis of law” course. We question the assumptions and methods employed by economic analysis of law, as we consider that it focuses too much on economic efficiency (narrowly defined), and methodological individualism, ignoring the role of complex social systems and organisations in the constellation of path dependencies and interests. It is also static (as it does not engage with the possibility of drastic innovations) and relies on a simplistic understanding of human behaviour. Hence, we consider that, although analytically appealing, traditional “economic analysis of law” is both from a theoretical and a practical perspective flawed, and that its influence on policy makers and the legal profession will wane soon. Our starting point is that of a “complex economy” in constant evolution because of the development of new technologies, which requires the role of the legal system in this process of transformation, a profound understanding, not just of economics, but also of economic sociology, political economy, science and technology studies and complexity science. Hence, the specific module relates to the broader Law and Political Economy movement. 

The first part of the course will focus on the different perspectives brought by these ongoing technological transformations in the conceptualization of property rights (including intellectual property), liability rules, regulatory alternatives and the role of the legal system in general. We will also explore the legal innovations that were put in place in order to facilitate the constitution of global markets and to support market transactions and will reflect on the way technology and drastic (or disruptive) innovation alters the economic and legal foundations of the capitalist system.  

The second part of the course will delve into the conceptual and institutional foundations of a market economy. We will focus on the social construction of markets and their properties, as well as the market-making role of economists who devise innovative technical instruments (“market devices”) that intervene in the shaping and reshaping of markets and ensure their performance. We will explore how the legal system has assisted this market-creating effort so far, as well as the intense collaboration between different professions in order to ensure the performativity of markets. The recent turn of both economics and the law to promoting innovation will constitute the intellectual backbone of the course. In this effort we will explore the legal-economic nexus in various industries, such as computing, finance, the food sector, biotechnology and pharma, among others. In addition to the classic legal texts, readings will include foundation texts in law and economics, science and technology studies, political economy, economic sociology, innovation economics and general sociology. The third part of the course will briefly introduce the students to the basics of complexity science and will provide an introduction to some quantitative techniques, including agent-based modelling and linear regression.

  • Introduction to the course – Understanding markets and the embedded economy: market devices  
  • Law and Neoliberalism  
  • Wealth maximization and theories of value – Debt and Finance  
  • Financialisation, profit maximization (shareholder value maximization) and corporate governance  
  • The political economy of regulation 
  • The political economy of the digital economy I: Data as an Asset and a Right   
  • The political economy of the digital economy II: Between owning and sharing  
  • The political economy of sustainability 
  • Property Rights, Liability Rules, Regulation 
  • The Institutional Foundations of Digital Capitalism – Understanding and Controlling Power in the 21st century 
  • Introduction to Complex Systems and Complexity Economics/Population Ecology

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Module reading lists and other materials will be provided via online module pages, once students have selected the course on enrolment.

Lianos, Value extraction and institutions in digital capitalism: Towards a law and political economy synthesis for competition law, available at Value extraction and institutions in digital capitalism: Towards a law and political economy synthesis for competition law | European Law Open | Cambridge Core  

Samuel Bowles, Frank Roosevelt, Richard Edwards & Mehrene Larudee, Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command and Change (OUP, 2018) 

Brian Arthur, Complexity and the Economy (OUP, 2014) 

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You can also contact the LLM admissions team, particularly for queries relating to scholarships:

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“We appreciate and understand the high value our teaching assistants bring to individual students, class sessions, teaching and learning outcomes and graduate scholarship and success across the University,” says Peter Vanable , dean of the Graduate School. “Our faculty and staff sincerely appreciate their contributions.”  

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Lse is one of the world's leading social science research and teaching centres. student life at lse is cosmopolitan and challenging. we're set at the heart of a major city and surrounded by some of the best facilities for studying to be found anywhere in the world..

World class research in economic, urban & development geography, environmental social science & climate change

We produce world-class research in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science, and climate change. 

As a PhD student, you'll operate at the highest academic level, and benefit from being at the forefront of research in your chosen field.

What can I study?

We offer five PhD programmes:

  • MPhil/PhD Economic Geography
  • MPhil/PhD Environmental Economics
  • MPhil/PhD Environmental Policy and Development
  • MPhil/PhD Human Geography and Urban Studies
  • MPhil/PhD Regional and Urban Planning Studies 

We also offer the following Visiting Research Student programmes: 

  • Visiting Research Student in Environmental Policy and Development
  • Visiting Research Student in Economic Geography
  • Visiting Research Student in Environmental Economics
  • Visiting Research Student in Human Geography and Urban Studies
  • Visiting Research Student in Regional and Urban Planning

What funding is available?

Funding is available from a variety of LSE-administered sources. For further information, visit our MPhil/PhD admissions frequently asked questions page . 

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    Tuition fees 2024/25 for MPhil/PhD Law. Home students: £4,829 for the first year (provisional) Overseas students: £22,632 for the first year. The fee is likely to rise over subsequent years of the programme. The School charges home research students in line with the level of fee that the Research Councils recommend.

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    Browse a list of current research by students on the PhD Programme in Law at London School of Economics. Skip to content London School of Economics and Political Science. Search Menu. LSE ... London School of Economics and Political Science. Houghton Street. London. WC2A 2AE UK . LSE is a private company limited by guarantee, registration ...

  5. Applying for a PhD

    Making an application. Read the LSE guidance on applying for a PhD . You will need to write a research proposal, personal statement and have a CV. The referees you choose are important as they will write about your academic achievements and potential. Get in touch with them early and ask for their advice too.

  6. The PhD journey

    All you need to know from registration, right through to graduation. The PhD Academy is open from Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm and closed for lunch between 12:30-1:30pm. In order to ensure the quickest possible response, please use the service desk. If you would like to speak to a member of the team, please state this in your enquiry and ...

  7. Law

    Study Law at London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. Explore key course details and information. ... Our PhD Law programme offers the opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools. Students in our PhD programme receive excellent training, and work under the supervision of ...

  8. LLM: Introduction

    The London School of Economics is a world centre for advanced research and teaching with an outstanding reputation. Its students and academic staff are drawn from over 140 countries and around half the student population is postgraduate, making LSE one of the largest concentrations of students undertaking advanced study in Law and the social ...

  9. Law, Master

    The Law programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers the opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools. Students in our PhD programme receive excellent training, and work under the supervision of leading scholars with strong international, comparative and interdisciplinary ...

  10. PhD Academy

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  11. The London School of Economics and Political Science

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  12. Law, Ph.D.

    About. We offer a phd Law degree in London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Law is the UK's pre-eminent research institution for law. Our academics are the authors of influential and often path-breaking scholarship, and many have globally leading reputations. London School of Economics and Political Science.

  13. PhD Programme in Law

    PhD Programme. The PhD programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science offers the opportunity to undertake advanced legal research at one of the world's best law schools. Students in our PhD programme receive excellent training and work under the supervision of leading scholars with strong international, comparative and ...

  14. LLM, Master of Laws

    LLM, Master of Laws. The LLM at LSE is a leading programme delivered at one of the world's best law schools, ranked first overall in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. It is unmatched in the international, comparative and interdisciplinary approaches and courses that it offers. The LSE LLM offers the highest quality of ...

  15. Laws at The London School of Economics and Political Science

    100% of UK-resident Law graduates from The London School of Economics and Political Science are employed in England. Data for students graduating 2020-21 Source: Graduate Outcomes survey

  16. London School of Economics and Political Science

    Welcome to LSE Theses Online. Welcome to LSE Theses Online, the online archive of PhD theses for the London School of Economics and Political Science. LSE Theses Online contains a partial collection of completed and examined PhD theses from doctoral candidates who have studied at LSE. Please note that not all print PhD theses have been digitised.

  17. London School of Economics and Political Science

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    Law (146) Number of items at this level: 146. Misra, Tanmay (2023) The invention of corruption: India and the License Raj. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science. Garcés de Marcilla Musté, Mireia (2023) Designing, fixing and mutilating the vulva: exploring the meanings of vulval cutting.

  19. Programme overview

    The LLB programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science is a leading undergraduate law degree, delivered at one of the world's top law schools. In the 2023 QS World University rankings for Law and Legal Studies, LSE Law was ranked 7th (out of 300 worldwide), and 1st in London. The LSE law student body is one of the most ...

  20. Abstract

    Tsai, Ing-Wen (1983) Unfair trade practices and safeguard actions [A digital copy of Ing-wen Tsai's personal copy of the original thesis presented to the Library in 2019.]. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

  21. LLM Master of Laws

    LLM Master of Laws. LSE Law School's LLM is unmatched in the international, comparative and interdisciplinary approaches and courses that it offers. It is a leading LLM programme, delivered at one of the world's best law schools. LLM Course Selection Videos. Introduction.

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  25. Law, Economics and Society: The Foundations of Capitalism ...

    The course will provide students an advanced critical introduction to the impact on the legal system of the transformation of modern capitalism from technological and economic change, drawing on research in economics, complexity science, political economy and economic sociology. The course will ...

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    This year, 39 graduate students were recognized with the honor. They are: Jeffrey Adams, English. Shreyas Aralumallige Chandregowda, civil and environmental engineering. Erika Arias, political science. Ana Juliana Borja, cultural foundations of education. Ava Breitbeck, physics. Brandon Charles, public administration and international affairs.

  27. LLB Bachelor of Laws

    Overseas full-time: Closed. Location: Houghton Street, London. The LLB Bachelor of Laws degree teaches you to understand and critically analyse the rules and institutions which society establishes to secure and promote justice and order. Our degree emphasises an understanding of law in context. We aim to encourage a broad outlook on legal ...

  28. PhD programmes

    We produce world-class research in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science, and climate change. As a PhD student, you'll operate at the highest academic level, and benefit from being at the forefront of research in your chosen field. ... London School of Economics and Political Science. Houghton Street. London ...