Business Law
The Master’s specialisation in Business Law is an English taught LL.M programme at the Faculty of Law at Radboud University. It has a course load of 60 ECTS (one year). All the courses are 7 ECTS and the Master’s thesis is 18 ECTS. The programme consists of six courses in total and a Master’s thesis. Almost all courses are free of choice, but for an optimized and worldwide recognized study programme there are three suggested packages with a particular focus on competition, commercial law and International Dispute Resolution.
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Period |
Course |
Code |
EC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory course | |||
| 1 + 2 | Advanced Notions of International and European Law Incl. Workshop writing legal papers |
JUR-4ADNOTION JUR-4LEGALPAPERS |
6 1 |
| Optional courses (choose 5) |
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| 1 | European Competition Law | JUR-4EUCOML | 7 |
| 1 | European Financial Law | JUR-4EURFINAN | 7 |
| 1 | Principles of Finance and secured transactions (not offered in 23-24) | JUR-4PRINFI | 7 |
| 1 | Private International Law | JUR-4PRIVINT | 7 |
| 1 | International Arbitration | JUR-4INTARBITRAT | 7 |
| 2 | Digital Dispute Resolution | JUR-4DIGIDISPUTE | 7 |
| 2 | European Insolvency Law | JUR-4EURINSOL | 7 |
| 2 | European Internal Market Law | JUR-4MARKET | 7 |
| 2 | European Employment Law | JUR-4EUEMPL | 7 |
| 2 | European Public Procurement Law | JUR-4EUPROCL | 7 |
| 2 | European Commercial Law | JUR-4EUCOMMER | 7 |
| 2 | International and European Environmental and Sustainability Law | JUR-4ENVISUSLAW | 7 |
| 1 | International and Comparative Copyright Law (not offered in 23-24) | JUR-4INCOPYL | 7 |
| 2 | International and European Tax Law | JUR-4IEUTAXL | 7 |
| 2 | Privacy en gegevensbeschermingsrecht (in Dutch) | JUR-4PRIVACY | 7 |
| 1 (+ 2) | Willem C. Vis Moot Court Competition * | JUR-4INTLMC | 7 |
| 1 (+2) | European Law Moot Court Competition ** | JUR-4EURLMC | 7 |
| 1 + 2 | Radboud Law Clinic | JUR-4LAWCLIN | 7 |
| - | max 14 EC courses from abroad, based on the examination board’s permission: subjects, appropriate for the specialisation, which have been successfully completed at a university (abroad) with which the faculty has a collaborative agreement. | ||
| Master's thesis | 18 | ||
* Only in combination with the course International Arbitration
** Only when the subject is in the field of corporate law
Suggested Packages
If students seek guidance which courses to choose, the following three packages are suggested, for an optimised and worldwide recognised study programme.
1. European Competition Law
- European Competition Law (semester 1)
- European Commercial Law (semester 2)
- European Internal Market Law (semester 2)
- European Public Procurement Law (semester 2)
- Private International Law (semester 1)
2. European Commercial law
- European Competition Law (semester 1)
- European Commercial Law (semester 2)
- European Internal Market Law (semester 2)
- Private International Law (semester 1)
- International Arbitration (semester 1)
3. International Dispute Resolution
- Digital Dispute Resolution (semester 1)
- International Arbitration (semester 1)
- Private International Law (semester 1)
- European Commercial Law (semester 2)
- European Insolvency Law (semester 2)
- Optional: Willem C. Vis Moot Court Competition (semester 1 or semester 2)