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LA4034 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
The subject introduces students to alternatives to litigation for resolving public and private disputes. The subject introduces concepts such as negotiation and mediation as well as providing an overview of arbitration and conciliation. The statutory regimes and practices in which ADR is embedded in Australia are considered. The subject has a practical orientation and requires participation in discussions, exercises and role-plays.
Learning Outcomes
- understand and analyse the nature of disputes and evaluate the utility of ADR as an alternative to the litigation process for settling disputes;
- compare, contrast and analyse the different types of ADR operating in Australia;
- identify, apply and critically analyse the main elements of distributive bargaining, integrative negotiation and mediation.
Subject Assessment
- - (50%)
- Non-Invigilated > Essays - (30%)
- - (20%).
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
BX3119 BX2119 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Intensive, Study Period 10 | |
| Census Date 10-Dec-2020 | |
| Face to face teaching 23-Nov-2020 to 27-Nov-2020 (Five days of teaching: Mon 23 Nov - Fri 27 Nov 2020) | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Mr Neil Dunbar, <Person not found>. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Townsville, Intensive, Study Period 3 | |
| Census Date 06-Feb-2020 | |
| Face to face teaching 13-Jan-2020 to 17-Jan-2020 (Five days of teaching: Mon 13 Jan to Fri 17 Jan 2020) | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Mr Neil Dunbar, <Person not found>. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Cairns, Intensive, Study Period 10 | |
| Census Date 10-Dec-2020 | |
| Face to face teaching 30-Nov-2020 to 04-Dec-2020 (Five days of teaching: Mon 30 November - Fri 4 December 2020) | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Mr Neil Dunbar, <Person not found>. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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