Approved Courses for Research Degree Students (SLW)

School of Law

MPhil/PhD students are required to fulfill the stipulated core course and electives requirements.

Core Courses for PhD Students (11 Credits) for 2023 cohort and thereafter:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
LW6100E	Advanced Legal Research Methodology @	3	A
LW6132E	Theory and Practice of Comparative Law @	3	A
LW8800	Research Seminars	2	A&B
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Core Courses for PhD Students (12 Credits) for 2021 cohort to 2022 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
LW6100E	Advanced Legal Research Methodology @	3	A
LW6132E	Theory and Practice of Comparative Law @	3	A
LW6172E or LW6181E or Other	For students who have obtained a relevant law degree from a common law jurisdiction: LW6172E Law and Society in China @. For students who do not have a relevant law degree from a common law jurisdiction: LW6181E Common Law System, Reasoning & Methodology @. Supervisors to help select the course or propose another course if a student has already taken similar courses.	3	A (LW6172E)
LW6172E or LW6181E or Other		3	- (LW6181E)
LW8800	Research Seminars	2	A&B
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Core Courses for PhD Students (9 Credits) for 2019 cohort to 2020 cohort:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
LW6100E	Advanced Legal Research Methodology @	3	A
LW6101E	Jurisprudence and Political Theories @	3	-
LW6132E	Theory and Practice of Comparative Law @	3	A
PIA8617	Research Design, Methodology, and Ethics	3	A

Core Courses for PhD Students (2 Credits) for 2018 cohort or before:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
LW6100E	Advanced Legal Research Methodology @	3	A
LW8800A or LW8800B	Research Seminars #	1	-

Electives for PhD Students:

Code	Course Title	Credits	2024-2025 Semester / Term
LW5303	Commercial Contracts	3	A
LW5400	Legal Concepts	3	A
LW6100E	Advanced Legal Research Methodology @	3	A
LW6103E	Company Law @	3	A
LW6105E	Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency @	3	-
LW6107E	Capital and Securities Market Regulation @	3	B
LW6113E	Law and Technology @	3	B
LW6115E	Selected Issues on Chinese IP Law @	3	A
LW6119E	Constitutional Law @	3	A
LW6121E	Constitutional and Administrative Law of China @	3	-
LW6132E	Theory and Practice of Comparative Law @	3	A
LW6134E	Chinese and Comparative Company Law @	3	A
LW6138E	Chinese Contract Law @	3	B
LW6142E	International Investment Law @	3	A
LW6144E	World Trade Law @	3	-
LW6145E	Legal Problems of Economic Globalisation @	3	B
LW6152E	Internet Law, Rights, and Governance @	3	A
LW6154E	Regulation of the Artificial Intelligence - A Global Regulatory Response @	3	-
LW6155E	Digital Vulnerability in the International Economic Law Context @	1.5	-
LW6157E	Digital Money: Law, Finance, and Technology @	3	A
LW6161E	Comparative Competition Law: China, HKSAR and the US @	3	B
LW6167E	International Economic Law and Relations @	3	-
LW6172E	Law and Society in China @	3	A
LW6173E	Private International Law: Basic Principles and Advanced Application in the Digital Economy @	3	A
LW6195E	International and Comparative Law of Copyright, Designs and Allied Rights @	3	A
LW6196E	International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks and Patents @	3	B
LW6401	Dispute Resolution in Theory and Practice	3	A
LW6402	Procedure and Proof	3	B
LW6405	Arbitration Law	3	A
LW6407	Arbitration Practice and Award Writing	3	B
LW6408	International Arbitration	3	B
LW6423	Construction Law and Dispute Resolution	3	A
LW8800	Research Seminars	2	A&B

# On top of LW6100E, PhD students admitted in 2018 Cohort or before are requested to complete LW8800A or LW8800B to fulfill core course requirement.

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Last updated in June 2024