Common Law Stream

The Common Law Stream provides students with an opportunity to study the origins, practices, values, principles and theories of common law, and equips students with legal skills of comparing common and civil law systems and methods.

Stream Structure

4 Required Electives (12 credit units)

Course Code Course Title Credit Units
LW6119E Constitutional Law 3
LW6164E Law of Contract 3
LW6165E Law of Tort 3
LW6102E Introduction to Common Law System and Methodology 3

Electives (12 credit units)

Select at least 12 credit units from:

  1. the LLM courses offered of which the course codes end with “E”, or

  2. designated courses from the JD and LLMArbDR programmes of the respective academic year except:

Course Code Course Title Credit Units
LW5601 Hong Kong Legal System 3
LW5602A Law of Contract I 3
LW5602B Law of Contract II 3
LW5603A Law of Tort I 3
LW5603B Law of Tort II 3
LW5606A Criminal Law I 3
LW5606B Criminal Law II 3
LW5607A Land Law I 3
LW5607B Land Law II 3
LW5608 Constitutional Law 3
LW5617 Family Law in Hong Kong 3
LW5618 Law and Gender 3
LW5622 Legal Methods, Research and Writing 3
LW5623 Jurisprudence 3
LW5630A Equity and Trusts I 3
LW5630B Equity and Trusts II 3
LW5634 Public International Law 3
LW5641 Intellectual Property: Theory, Copyright and Design 3
LW5647 Law of Wills 3
LW5664 European Competition Law and Policy 3
LW5670 International Human Rights Law 3
LW5671 Consumer Law 3
LW5673 Animal Law and Welfare 3

Award Obtained

Master of Laws in Common Law