{"id":7569,"date":"2023-06-30T10:15:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=7569"},"modified":"2023-06-30T10:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:15:55","slug":"best-books-for-students-to-read-to-prepare-for-the-llm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/best-books-for-students-to-read-to-prepare-for-the-llm\/","title":{"rendered":"Best books for students to read to prepare for the LLM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The directors of the different pathways have listed a few books to help you prepare for the LLM, most of them are general.<\/p>\n<h1>Podcasts<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/sol\/\">Summer of Law \u2013 Kent Law School News<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Skills<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/becoming-a-critical-thinker-9780198841531\">Birrell Ivory S, <em>Becoming a Critical Thinker, For Your University Studies and Beyond<\/em> (Oxford University Press 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hean Read S, <em>Academic Writing Skills for International Students<\/em> (Bloomsbury Publishing 2018)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Law-Dissertations-A-Step-by-Step-Guide\/Lammasniemi\/p\/book\/9780367568771\">Lammasniemi L, <em>Law Dissertations, A Step-by-Step Guide<\/em> (2d edn, Routledge 2021)<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Pathways<\/h1>\n<p>You will find here a list of books that can be read in advance of the pathway<\/p>\n<h2>International Criminal Justice<\/h2>\n<p>Arendt <em>Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil <\/em>(Penguin, 1994)<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Franko<em>, Globalisation and Crime (Sage, 2020)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Clarke et al,<em> Africa and the ICC <\/em>(CUP, 2016)<\/p>\n<p><em>Schw\u00f6bel-Patel,\u00a0Marketing global justice: the political economy of international criminal law<\/em> (CUP, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>Mansell and Openshaw<em>, International Law: a critical introduction (Bloomsbury, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition 2019).\u00a0 \u00a0(if new to international law)<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>International Commercial Law<\/h2>\n<p>Linarelli J, Salomon ME and Sornarajah M, <em>The Misery of International Law, Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy<\/em> (Oxford University Press 2018)<\/p>\n<p>Koram, K <em>Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire<\/em> (John Murray, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>Pistor, <em>K the Code of Capital<\/em> (Princeton University Press, 2019)<\/p>\n<h2>Public International Law and Public International Law with International Relations<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/imperialism-sovereignty-and-the-making-of-international-law\/8AFA91E6F502B2C4996BB14E1A548E7A\">Anghie A, <em>Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law<\/em> (Cambridge University Press 2005)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-misery-of-international-law-9780198753957\">Linarelli J, Salomon ME and Sornarajah M, <em>The Misery of International Law, Confrontations with Injustice in the Global Economy<\/em> (Oxford University Press 2018)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>International Environmental Law<\/h2>\n<p>Koivura T, <em>Introduction to International Environmental Law<\/em> (Routledge 2014)<\/p>\n<p>Carson R, <em>Silent Spring (<\/em>1961)<\/p>\n<p>Gillespie, <em>International Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics<\/em> (Oxford 1997, 2002)<\/p>\n<p>Clapp\/Dauvergne, <em>Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment<\/em> 2<sup>nd<\/sup> ed (MIT Press 2011)<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg G (ed), <em>The Climate Book<\/em> (2022 Fischer)<\/p>\n<p>Kotz\u00e9 L, <em>Global Environmental Constitutionalism in the Anthropocene<\/em> (Hart 2016)<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill, <em>The Environment and International Relations<\/em> (CUP 2017)<\/p>\n<p>Dobson, <em>Green political thought<\/em> (4th edn, Routledge 2007)<\/p>\n<p>Higgins P, <em>Eradicating ecocide: laws and governance to prevent the destruction of our planet<\/em> (2011 Shepheard-Walwyn)<\/p>\n<p>Tigre M, <em>Gaps in International Environmental Law: Toward a Global Pact for the Environment<\/em> (2020 Environmental Law Institute)<\/p>\n<h2>Law and Health<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/medical-law-9780192843456\">Jackson E, <em>Medical Law\u202f: Text, Cases, and Materials<\/em> (6th edn, Oxford University Press 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mezrich J, <em>When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon<\/em> (Harper 2019)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/best-books-for-students-to-read-to-prepare-for-the-llm\/&amp;t=Best books for students to read to prepare for the LLM' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Best books for students to read to prepare for the 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