Concepts and Controversies in Dispute Resolution - JURD7463
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: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS8063
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
We examine issues arising in theory and facing practitioners in all facets of dispute resolution practice. The focus is on both contemporary trends and anticipated changes in this dynamic area and on their implications for lawyers and other dispute resolution professionals. Among the topics to be considered are Conflicting Values in Dispute Resolution Systems; Self-help in Legal Services; Numbers, Money and Dollars in Positional Bargaining; Cognitive and Social Biases in Decision Making; The Multi-Door Courthouse and Non-Adversarial Justice; On-line Dispute Resolution; Disruptive Dispute Resolution Systems; and International DR - Trends in Investment and Trade. The final selection of topics will be made by the class collectively.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.