International Master's Programme – LLM in Legal Theory

Goethe University Frankfurt am Main · Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Level
Master's
Award
Master of Laws
Language
English
Duration
2 semesters
Campus
Frankfurt am Main
Apply by
Register by 15 September 2027
Starts
Winter semester
Tuition
€7,200

Entry requirements and how to apply

Entry requirements
For the Master of Laws in Legal Theory (LLM), the following requirements must be met: Graduates must hold a basic degree in law or a basic degree in another field of study relevant to legal theory (e.g. arts, humanities or cultural, social, political, or economic studies) with a minimum duration of six semesters (180 ECTS). In general, they should also prove a minimum of one year of professional and/or research experience outside the basic degree programme prior to the start of the Master's programme in Legal Theory. Applicants must include evidence of English language proficiency (details below). For further information, please see: www.legaltheory.eu/llm-in-legal-theory/application-admission-language/ .
English language requirement
C1 required, please provide an official language certificate, e.g.: IELTS Academic: 7.5
German language requirement
No minimum language level required
Application period
The following is valid for applicants from: all countries For the winter semester: 2 November - 15 September
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About this programme

This programme engages with the rapid digitalisation and use of AI and the connected structural transformation of normativity in law. It introduces both the Anglo-American Common Law and the Civil or Continental Law tradition of legal theory. Its focus is to safeguard European traditions as the basis of constitutionalism in a global perspective, developing legal scholarship and jurisprudence as a science, and developing jurisprudence as applied legal theory so as to enable students to solve system conflicts. Such conflicts occur regularly because national law is becoming supra-, inter- and transnational and because of the growing weight of transnational law-making on the part of non-state actors. This is reflected in the unique European design of the programme. Moreover, it offers an excellent institutional setting on the impressive and charming Westend campus of Goethe University Frankfurt. The programme's exclusive concentration on legal theory makes it unique in the field of advanced legal studies in Europe, enabled by the university cluster of EALT. It rests on synergies between three institutions located on the same campus: a large law faculty, the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory ( www.lhlt.mpg.de/en ), the Normative Orders Research Centre targeting at the integration of all Frankfurt social sciences with the focus on normativity, and the House of Finance (Institute for Law and Finance, www.ilf-frankfurt.de ). It also connects the reputation of Go

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