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LA4034 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Law Office (pre 2015) |
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.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
BX3119 BX2119 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Block, Study Period 10 | |
| Census Date 11-Dec-2014 | |
| Face to face teaching 24-Nov-2014 to 28-Nov-2014 (Five days of teaching: 24th - 28 November 2014) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Neil Dunbar. |
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| Assessment: | (50%); essays (30%); (20%). |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 3 | |
| Census Date 06-Feb-2014 | |
| Face to face teaching 20-Jan-2014 to 29-Jan-2014 (Teaching over one 3 day period and one 2 day period: 20 - 22 January and 28 - 29 January) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Neil Dunbar. |
| Workload expectations: |
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| Assessment: | (50%); essays (30%); (20%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 10 | |
| Census Date 11-Dec-2014 | |
| Face to face teaching 01-Dec-2014 to 05-Dec-2014 (Five days of teaching: 1st - 5th December 2014) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Neil Dunbar. |
| Workload expectations: |
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| Assessment: | (50%); essays (30%); (20%). |
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