Law with Politics, LLB (Hons), with study abroad

This course gives you a thorough training in the complementary disciplines of law and politics. You develop critical, reflective and analytical skills that are common to both disciplines. In addition to emphasising aspects common to both subjects, you explore the differences between them and the approaches taken within legal and political thought. You also develop a critical awareness of the nature of law within its social and political contexts.Your optional topics may include:

• Copyright and trademark law

• International environmental law

• Law and literature

• Human rights

• Concepts in political science: state, laws, wars and political parties

• Obligations, freedom, rights and equality

At Essex we specialise in commercial law, public law, and human rights law. We are ranked 51st for Law in the THE World University Rankings 2021, which is 13th in UK, and we are top 20 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014)Our Department of Government is one of the most prestigious in Europe, with an outstanding record of teaching, research and publication. We are rated top in the UK for research (REF 2014), and have consistently been the highest-rated politics department in the country since national assessments began. We are also ranked ranked 7th in the UK for Politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021