- Degree
- Master of Laws
- Course location
- Berlin
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English only.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 2 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The Humboldt Master of Laws lecture period starts in mid-October each year. Before the start of classes, admitted students are welcome to join the welcome event in early or mid-October. The programme lasts for one academic year and ends in late July.
- Application deadline
- 31 March for the following winter semester
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- 7,500 EUR
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Winter semester – Core curriculum
• Introduction to European and German law
• Legal reasoning and legal theory
• Academic writing and jurisprudence
• Research perspectives
Summer semester – Specialisations
One of the following specialisation tracks can be selected for the summer semester:
• Justice & Security
The module is concerned with current global challenges to justice and security, such as war, terrorism, climate change, societies in transition and authoritarian rule. It explores the existing legal frameworks and also asks how the law can respond to these challenges. In addition to more theoretical and doctrinal perspectives, the module incorporates historical angles and practitioner views.
• Law & Society
The module is concerned with current legal challenges in the context of law and society as a field of interdisciplinary legal studies. Doctrinal legal research is complemented by social sciences, critically reflecting the opaque separation of knowledge by different academic disciplines. By this interdisciplinary approach, functions and interdependencies of law are examined in an integrative and methodologically reflected way.
• Innovation & Transformation
The module is dedicated to the legal framework of innovation in times of global challenges. The lectures and seminars address the different fields of technology law, intellectual property, data protection and other areas of law in their function as a factor of technical and social transformation.
• General
The module allows students to combine courses from the various specialisations and take an individual selection of in-depth courses.
Master's thesis
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