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Concepts and Controversies in Dispute Resolution - LAWS8063

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9220 or 5750 or 9235 or 5235.

Excluded: JURD7363

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course focuses on critical examination of a small range of important and controversial topics in dispute resolution. Students are encouraged to engage with and discuss a range of key academic works and policy documents, and to think about how theory can be reconciled with the practical realities of dispute resolution in Australia and internationally.


LLM Specialisation

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

A candidate who has successfully completed this course will:
  • Engage with a variety of perspectives of dispute resolution, both endorsing and critiquing dispute resolution;
  • Examine and debate the current trends in academic and policy literature, and reconcile these debates with the practice of mediation, arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution;
  • Develop the capacity to think critically about independent and court-annexed dispute resolution, the scope of its practice, and regulation of its practitioners;
  • Acquire a theoretical basis for dispute resolution practice through an examination of academic and policy literature;
  • Appreciate the diversity of dispute resolution practice in Australia and internationally.

Main Topics

We will examine a range of current and emerging themes in dispute resolution, which may include:
  • The legal and policy framework of dispute resolution in Australia and internationally;
  • Dispute resolution, the doctrine of precedent, and ‘the shadow of the law’;
  • Cross-cultural perspectives on dispute resolution;
  • Power and neutrality in facilitative dispute resolution processes;
  • The development of ethical and professional regulation of dispute resolution;
  • Online dispute resolution;
  • Future trends in dispute resolution.

Assessment

Class participation: 20%
Essay: 80%

Course Texts

The course will use a collection of journal articles, policy documents and other sources. These will be available to students electronically through Blackboard.

Resources

Refer to the course outline which will be provided by the lecturer at the beginning of the relevant semester.
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Study Levels

Undergraduate Study Postgraudate Study Postgraduate Research Study Non-Award Study

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