Course summary
A cutting-edge and intellectually demanding programme, the LLM in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 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. The programme covers the following core areas:
- Current issues in criminal law and criminal justice
- Fundamental principles of substantive and procedural criminal law
- Criminalization
- International, transnational, and European criminal law
- Sexual offending
- Global crime and insecurity
- The penal process
- Different approaches to understanding and critiquing criminal law and criminal justice, including:
- doctrinal
- comparative
- theoretical
- socio-legal methods
Modules
See our website for detailed programme information.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL