Postgraduate studies
Edinburgh Law School has an extensive and lively postgraduate community studying for the degrees of LLM (both taught and by research) and PhD. The Edinburgh Centre for Private Law acts as a natural home for those working on private law topics.
Of particular note for students interested in private law in a European context is the LLM in Comparative and European Private Law. Building on Edinburgh’s considerable strength in the field of private law and its unique position in Europe’s main mixed (i.e. Anglo-Roman) legal system, this programme allows students to study in depth the main fields of private law across the divide between Europe’s two great legal traditions.
Learn more about the LLM in Comparative and European Private Law at Edinburgh Law School
The LLM by Research is also available for students wishing to write a shorter dissertation on a topic of private law.
Learn more about the LLM by Research at Edinburgh Law School
The Centre acts as a focal point for our community of PhD students working on Scottish and/or comparative private law. PhD graduates from Edinburgh Law School now occupy academic positions in leading institutions in the UK and overseas.
Current students
- Tahir Erdogan, ‘Penalty Clauses in Civil Law and Common Law: A Comparative Analysis with Special reference to harmonisation’
- Fransiska Indrawati, 'Legal Aspect of Central Bank Digital Currency (Indonesia and other Relevant Countries)’
- Colin Lilburn, ‘A core of Scottish trust law’
- Susanna MacDonald-Mulvihill, ‘Donation as Two Juridical Acts’
- Andres Munoz Naveas, ‘Child-Friendly Justice in Family Law Proceedings: How to Communicate Judgments to the Child’
- Shona Warwick, ‘The Lease and the Licence in Scots Law: A Historical-Doctrinal Analysis’
Recent graduates
- Alberto Lavalle Brown, ‘Wrongful Competition: A Comparative Study’ (2022)
- Pablo Letelier Cibie, ‘The Link between the Parties to Enrichment Claims in English and French Law’ (2021)
- Patrick Follan, ‘The Nature of the Beneficiary’s Right in the Scottish Trust’ (2021)
- Dr Mat Campbell, 'The Subsidiarity of Unjust Enrichment: Anglo-Franco-Scots Perspectives' (2019)
- Dr Po-Yuan Chang, 'Intentionally Inflicted Mental Harm' (2019)
- Dr Lorna MacFarlane, 'Exceptions to the Privity Doctrine in Scots Contract Law' (2019)
- Dr Alisdair MacPherson, 'The Attachment and Ranking of the Floating Charge in Scots Law' (2018)
- Dr Stephen Bogle, 'The Emergence of the Will Theory in Scots Contract Law' (2017)
- Dr María Paz Gatica Rodríguez, 'The Law of Neighbours' (2017)
- Dr Alasdair Peterson, 'Positive Prescription of Servitudes and Rights of Way' (2016)
- Dr Colin Campbell, 'The Law of Positive Prescription in Scotland' (2015)
- Dr Bonnie Holligan, 'Protection of Ownership in Scots Law' (2015)
- Dr Chathuni Jayatilake, 'Did the Common Law Underpinning Scots Contracts of Sale Develop As a Unified Entity?' (2015)
- Dr Craig Anderson, 'The Physical Element of Possession of Corporeal Moveable Property in Scots Law' (2014)
- Dr Johnnie MacLeod, Fraud and Voidable Transfer: Scots Law in European Context' (2014)
- Dr Jill Robbie, 'Private Water Rights' (2013)
- Dr Rebecca MacLeod, 'Property Law in Jersey' (2012)
Edinburgh Law School can provide supervision across a broad range of private law topics, both Scottish and comparative. Prospective students are welcome to approach individual members of staff they might be interested in working with.
Learn more about the research degrees at Edinburgh Law School
The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Law School offer a range of scholarships for our students.
Scholarships for research degrees