Dispute Resolution: Principles, Processes and Practices - LAWS8314
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 9235 or 5235 or 9231 or 5231 or 9220 or 5750.
Equivalent: JURD7314
Excluded: JURD7314, LAWS3314
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 of resolving disputes. In fact only a small proportion of disputes are resolved by litigation Instead, there is a growing dissatisfaction with the cost, speed and adversarial character of litigation, and a corresponding interest in alternative forms of dispute resolution. This course examines the legal and policy context of dispute resolution, and surveys and critiques a range of nonadversarial approaches to contemporary legal practice.
LLM Specialisations
Corporate and Commercial Law.
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law.
Dispute Resolution.
Main Topics
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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