YEAR ONE

In addition to the compulsory study-units (56 ECTS), students are required to choose 4 ECTS from the elective study-units for a total of 60 ECTS.

Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CRL1010	Principles of Criminal Law	10 ECTS	(NC)
CVL1024	Philosophy of Law	6 ECTS	(NC)
PBL1015	Constitutional Law	8 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIT1001

Introduction to ICT Law

4 ECTS

Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CVL1018	Roman Law 1	4 ECTS	(NC)
ERL1002	Environmental Justice	4 ECTS	(NC)
MCT1005	Introduction to Law	6 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CRL1008	Family Violence Law	4 ECTS
CVL1013	Introduction to Legal Anthropology	4 ECTS
ERL1001	Development Planning Legislation	4 ECTS
FRE1028	Initiation au jargon juridique: études en droit	4 ECTS
LHM1014	History of Police Law: The British Period 1814 -1964	4 ECTS
MCT1003	European Media Law	4 ECTS
PBL1000	Statistics Law	4 ECTS
PBL1009	Local Government Law	4 ECTS
PBL1011	Parliament: Functions, Procedure, Practice and Field Studies	4 ECTS
PHI1014	Political Philosophy	4 ECTS

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CML1001	Basic Notions of Commercial Law	4 ECTS	(NC)
CVL1000	Comparative Legal Systems and Legal Pluralism	4 ECTS	(NC)
CVL1019	Roman Law 2	6 ECTS	(NC)
ECL2000	Introduction to European Union Law	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

MCT1004

Mental Health Law

4 ECTS

YEAR TWO

In addition to the compulsory study-units (56 ECTS), students are required to choose 4 ECTS from the elective study-units, for a total of 60 ECTS.

Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CVL2008	Law of Property	8 ECTS	(NC)
ECL2001	European Union Law	8 ECTS	(NC)
PBL2015	Administrative Law	8 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

LIT2001

Computer Crime

4 ECTS

Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CML2010	Duties of Traders and Commercial Intermediaries	4 ECTS	(NC)
CRL2006	Substantive Criminal Law 1	6 ECTS	(NC)
CVL2015	Law of Persons	4 ECTS	(NC)
INL2000	Basic Principles of International Law	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CVL1013	Introduction to Legal Anthropology	4 ECTS
CVL2009	Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition	4 ECTS
ECL2002	The European Union and National Constitutions: Main Issues	4 ECTS
ECL2006	EU Public Procurement Law and Policy	4 ECTS
ERL2003	Principles of Environmental Law	4 ECTS
INL3011	European Court of Human Rights	4 ECTS
MCT2001	Medical Jurisprudence	4 ECTS
MCT2002	Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace	4 ECTS
MCT2012	Introduction to Legal Informatics	4 ECTS
PBL2000	Tourism Law	4 ECTS
PBL2012	Judicial Review of Administrative Action and the Redress of Grievances	4 ECTS
PBL2014	Public Corporations	4 ECTS
PBL2021	Sports Law	4 ECTS

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CML3009	Commercial Obligations, Commercial Sale and Credit Instruments	4 ECTS	(NC)
CRL2007	Substantive Criminal Law 2	6 ECTS	(NC)
PBL3003	General Introduction to Principles of Taxation	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CRL2008

Child Trafficking Law

4 ECTS

YEAR THREE

In addition to the compulsory study-units (52 ECTS), students are required to choose 8 ECTS from the elective study-units, for a total of 60 ECTS.

Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CVL2000	Family Law	8 ECTS	(NC)
CVL3000	Law of Obligations	10 ECTS	(NC)
INL3000	Selected Topics in International Law	8 ECTS	(NC)

Semester 1

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CML2011	Company Law	4 ECTS	(NC)
CVL3034	Nominate Contracts	6 ECTS	(NC)
ECL3004	EU Internal Market Law	4 ECTS	(NC)
LHM3000	Research Methods	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

ANT2002	Law, State and Society in Southern Europe	4 ECTS
CML3006	Competition Law	4 ECTS
CRL3006	Anti-Money Laundering Legislation	4 ECTS
CVL3036	Cultural Diversity, Gender and Human Rights	4 ECTS
ECL3008	EU Economic Governance	4 ECTS
ECL4007	Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Legislation	4 ECTS
ERL3001	Principles of International Environmental Law	4 ECTS
MCT3001	Gaming Law	4 ECTS
MCT3002	Bioethics and the Law	4 ECTS
MCT3005	Introduction to European Regulation of the Digital Market	4 ECTS
PBL2020	Public Administration Law	4 ECTS
PBL3014	European Court of Human Rights Case Law Relevant to Malta	4 ECTS
PBL3016	International and EU Sports Law	4 ECTS
PBL3019	National Security Law	4 ECTS
PBL3022	The Law Regulating Armed Forces	4 ECTS
PLC3230	Church Legislation on Marriage	4 ECTS

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CML3010	Advanced Company Law	4 ECTS	(NC)
PBL3010	Introduction to Private International Law	4 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CRL3000	Gender and Deviancy Law	4 ECTS
ECL4012	The Law of EU Trade Policy	4 ECTS
LHM3001	Milestones in the Legislative Development of Social Security in Malta, from 1948 onwards	4 ECTS
MCT3003	Utilities Law	4 ECTS

YEAR FOUR

In addition to the compulsory study-units (36 ECTS), students are required to choose 24 ECTS from the elective study-units, for a total of 60 ECTS.

Year (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2)

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

LAW4010

Dissertation

10 ECTS

(NC)

Semester 1

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CML4007	Introduction to Financial Services Legislation	8 ECTS
CML4014	Intellectual Property	4 ECTS
CML4015	International Trade and Investment Law	4 ECTS
CML4016	Core Issues of Maritime Shipping Law	4 ECTS
CRL4002	Drug Offences and Special Procedures	4 ECTS
CVL3036	Cultural Diversity, Gender and Human Rights	4 ECTS
CVL4005	Child Law	4 ECTS
CVL4027	Introduction to the Law of Trusts, Foundations and Fiduciary Obligations	4 ECTS
CVL4029	Applied Legal Research	4 ECTS
ECL4000	European Company Law	4 ECTS
ECL4001	EU Labour Law and Policy	4 ECTS
ECL4005	European Conflict of Laws and Comparative Private Law	4 ECTS
ECL4008	EU Law on State Aid	4 ECTS
ECL4009	Commercial Agreements under EU Competition Law	4 ECTS
ECL4015	The Rule of Law and the EU	4 ECTS
ERL4000	Climate Change and the Law	4 ECTS
ERL4001	Space Activities and Environmental Law	4 ECTS
INL4001	Global Maritime Security and International Law	4 ECTS
INL4003	Selected Topics in International Law of the Sea	4 ECTS
LHM4000	Historical Aspects on Important Ordinary Legislation in Malta 1914-1964	4 ECTS
LHM4001	Archives and Libraries relating to Legal and Judicial Research	4 ECTS
LHR4002	Legislative Development of Maltese and English Languages in Maltese Law	4 ECTS
LHR4003	Historico-Legal Development of Construction, Infrastructure and Housing Legislation in Malta	4 ECTS
LHR4004	Social Legislation in Malta	4 ECTS
MCT3000	Broadcasting Law	4 ECTS
MCT4001	European Health Care Law	4 ECTS
MCT4002	Labour Unions, Collective Bargaining and Equality Law	4 ECTS
MCT4006	Introduction to Intellectual Property and the Information Society	4 ECTS
MCT4007	Advanced Introduction to Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Law	4 ECTS
MCT4008	Privacy and Data Protection Law	4 ECTS
PBL4015	Due Process in International Human Rights Law	4 ECTS
PBL4019	Employment Relations Legislation	4 ECTS
PBL4020	Industrial Relations Legislation	4 ECTS

Semester 2

Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s)

CVL4025	The Law of Guarantees	4 ECTS	(NC)
CVL4026	The Law of Succession	6 ECTS	(NC)
CVL4028	Select Issues in the Law of Letting and Hiring	4 ECTS	(NC)
MCT4009	Emerging Technologies and the Law	4 ECTS	(NC)
PBL4013	Private International Law	8 ECTS	(NC)

Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints)

CML4012	Aspects of International Commercial and Business Law	4 ECTS
CRL4000	Policy and Crime Prevention Law	4 ECTS
PBL4018	Human Rights and Criminal Proceedings	4 ECTS

Notes: NC = Non Compensatable

Last Updated: 5 February 2024

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