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CCLS Expertise
The Centre has a number of specialisms in teaching and research.
- Information Technology Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Commercial Law & Tax
- International Economic Development Law
- International Financial Law
Information Technology Law, which incorporates the Institute of Computer and Communications Law (ICCL), was established within the Centre for Commercial Law Studies in 1989. Particular focus is on the new and emerging laws arising from the exponential growth in importance of computing and communications technology, including such important new areas of study as electronic commerce law and telecommunications law.
Intellectual Property Law, which hosts the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, is home to the first UK Chair in the field of Intellectual Property Law following the generous endowment of Herchel Smith on the recommendation of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents in 1979. CCLS is an established focus for teaching intellectual property and related law and policy through an extensive range of specialist IP courses.
International Commercial Law & Tax
International Commercial Law and Tax focuses its teaching and research on the European and international dimensions of commercial law. The importance of the wider international context of many commercial law subjects is also embraced with a focus on European Union law, international commercial and international trade law. International Commercial Law and Tax incoporates the School of Tax and the School of International Arbitration.
International Economic Development Law
International Economic Development Law studies the role of International Financial Institutions (especially the International Monetary Fund and World Bank) to the international trading system and the relationship between their activities with, for example, environmental and human rights law.
International Financial Law activities emphasize UK, EU, international, global and comparative banking, financial and financial sector law issues and financial sector and economic reform issues pertaining to developed, developing, emerging and transitioning economies. The subject receives generous sponsorship from the private sector through the Sir John Lubbock Chair of Banking Law and Support Fund.
