Convenor name: Jonathan Ercanbrack
Convenor email: je6@soas.ac.uk
Office room: Senate House 230
Office hours: Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-3 pm
Appointment booking link: https://calendly.com/centre-of-middle-eastern-and-islamic-law/15min-1
Module dates: Semester 2
Intended learning outcomes:
LO1. Analyse, describe and critique ‘transnational law’ and/or evaluate and explain transnational law in a financial or technological context.
LO2. Demonstrate understanding of the various methodologies involved in the analysis of transnational law in finance and technological contexts.
LO3. Demonstrate understanding of the module’s case studies of transnational legal practice in finance and technology contexts.
LO4. Critically assess transnational regulatory conflicts and developments in finance and technology.
LO5. Demonstrate and critically assess transnational lawmaking and diffusion in financial and technological contexts.
LO6. Demonstrate understanding of the full range of sanctioning patterns including norms, customs, institutions, market forces, code and the law and their relevance to the regulation of finance and technology.
Assessment 1: Name: Assignment 1 (AS1)
Assessment 1: Weighting: 20%
Assessment 1: Due date: 17/04/2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 09/05/2026
Assessment 1: Format: Concept Paper. 500 word abstract
Assessment 2: Name: Assignment 2 (AS2)
Assessment 2: Weighting: 70%
Assessment 2: Due date: 08/05/26
Assessment 2: Release date: 30/05/26
Assessment 2: Format: 3,000-word essay
Assessment 3: Name: Seminar Participation (SP1)
Assessment 3: Weighting: 10%
Assessment 3: Due date: 24/04/26
Assessment 3: Release date: 16/05/26
Assessment 3: Format: in-class participation
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Naomi Hart
Librarian email: nh64@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus
