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Medical Law and Ethics
Individual and population health is a matter of growing social concern. Achieving good health and delivering effective healthcare demands scientific, medical and policy innovation. Discover more throughout this Medical Law and Ethics programme from The University of Edinburgh.

International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online Learning)
The overall objective of this International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online Learning) programme at The University of Edinburgh is to provide knowledge and an understanding of animal welfare science, with a focus on the international issues arising from animal use in all its forms.
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
The Criminal Law and Criminal Justice programme from The University of Edinburgh will equip you with an advanced knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and theories underpinning criminal law and criminal justice and how they operate in practice.
Criminology and Criminal Justice
This Criminology and Criminal Justice programme from The University of Edinburgh engages with the complex problems raised by crime, social ‘harms’, justice, and injustice in our contemporary world.
Corporate Law
This Corporate Law programme from The University of Edinburgh goes beyond a narrow focus on legal rules and situates the study of corporate law in a wider comparative and interdisciplinary context.
International Economic Law
Combining detailed technical legal and policy analysis with an engagement with history and political economy, this International Economic Law programme from The University of Edinburgh will help you to place the current chapter of globalisation in its larger context, and to understand where it might be heading.
Global Crime, Justice and Security
This Global Crime, Justice and Security programme from The University of Edinburgh provides an excellent opportunity to study global developments in the field of crime, criminal law, justice and security.

Innovation, Technology and the Law (Online Learning)
This Innovation, Technology and the Law (Online Learning) programme from The University of Edinburgh explores how the law responds to, regulates and promotes new and emerging technologies.
Human Rights
This Human Rights programme from The University of Edinburgh is designed to provide you with a theoretical and practical understanding of international human rights law in its broader political context.
Social Justice and Community Action (Online)
The MSc in Social Justice and Community Action (Online) at The University of Edinburgh will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to make positive social change. It is part-time and fully online, making it perfect for those who wish to combine study with busy lives.

Medical Law and Ethics (Online Learning)
The Medical Law and Ethics (Online Learning) programme from The University of Edinburgh draws on the expertise and tradition of Edinburgh to deliver an internationally-focused, interdisciplinary programme that combines flexible learning with the most up-to-date teaching on all of the important issues affecting medicine, law and ethics today.
International Banking Law and Finance
The aim of the International Banking Law and Finance programme from The University of Edinburgh is to provide postgraduate students with the opportunity for specialised advanced learning in certain key areas of banking and financial law and practice.

Information Technology Law (Online Learning)
This Information Technology Law (Online Learning) programme from The University of Edinburgh focuses on the regulatory framework that governs information technology within international, European and domestic settings.
Law By Research
The Law By Research programme from The University of Edinburgh aims to consolidate and build on legal research and writing skills acquired through undergraduate legal studies.
Comparative Private Law
This Comparative Private Law programme from The University of Edinburgh is a unique programme that allows you to study a broad range of core areas of private law from a comparative perspective, while also taking courses on legal theory and other areas of the law.

Law (Online Learning)
The Law (Online Learning) programme from The University of Edinburgh offers a diverse and flexible range of courses, enabling you to tailor the LLM to suit your specific professional and personal needs.
International Law
This International Law programme from The University of Edinburgh is ideally suited to those wishing to specialise in public international law and offers you a firm foundation in the fundamentals of the international legal system and international relations.
Commercial Law
This Commercial Law programme from The University of Edinburgh provides an excellent grounding for the future study of commercial law, for those intending to enter legal practice, or for those intending to pursue a career in the commercial sector.
Intellectual Property Law
This Intellectual Property Law programme from The University of Edinburgh is designed to equip you with an advanced knowledge and understanding of intellectual property law and policy within a domestic (UK), regional (European) and international setting.
Law
Law from The University of Edinburgh programme is the ideal choice for students wishing to expose themselves to diverse areas of advanced legal scholarship.