Course

Dispute Resolution: Principles, Processes and Practices - JURD7314

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:

Prerequisite: Completion of 36 UOC of JURD courses including Resolving Civil Disputes (JURD7271/JURD7211) for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, completion of 72 UOC of JURD courses including RCD (JURD7271).

Equivalent: LAWS8314

Excluded: LAWS3314, LAWS8314

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Legal education commonly focuses on the litigation process, case law, and the role of the courts as providers of justice.This fosters the assumption that litigation, or legal advice predicting the outcome of litigation, is the normal method ofresolving disputes. In fact only a small proportion of disputes are resolved by litigation Instead, there is a growingdissatisfaction with the cost, speed and adversarial character of litigation, and a corresponding interest in alternative formsof dispute resolution. This course examines the legal and policy context of dispute resolution, and surveys and critiques arange of nonadversarial approaches to contemporary legal practice.

LLM Specialisations
Corporate and Commercial Law; Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law; Dispute Resolution

Main Topics
  • Dispute resolution, and non-adversarial justice in modern legal practice;
  • Understanding and analysing conflict;
  • The dispute management continuum and the selection of dispute resolution methods;
  • Overview of the primary dispute resolution processes, legal controversies and policy issues;
  • Approaches to nonadversarial justice, such as restorative justice and collaborative practice;
  • Professionalism, quality and regulation in contemporary practice.
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