DROI8020-1 : Arbitration and ADR

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Study programmes 2012-2013

Last update : 18/06/2013

DROI8020-1

Arbitration and ADR

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 2nd year		6

Lecturer :

Olivier Caprasse

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Course contents :

This course is held every odd year (2013-2014, 2015-2016...). Going to courts is the classic way of resolving disputes. The course - Arbitration and alternative dispute resolution - deals with the alternative ways which are developing every day. First it will be necessary to define them and make the necessary distinctions (arbitration, negotiation, mediation, conciliation, mini-trial, etc.). It is then possible to study their legal regime.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The purpose of the course is to enable the students to determine, in consideration of the circumstances of a case, what is the best way to resolve a dispute. The main focus will be on arbitration.

Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Discussions in class

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face to Face

Recommended or required readings :

Notes and references to relevant case law and authors will be available.

Assessment methods and criteria :

Oral examination.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

This course is held every odd year (2013-2014, 2015-2016...).