ADR Course Outline Summer

I. Introduction
a. What is Conflict? And How to Manage Conflict?
II. Common types of Dispute Settlement
a. Negotiation
b. Inquiry and fact finding
c. Mediation
d. Good offices
e. Conciliation
f. Arbitration
III. International Dispute Resolutions
a. Overview of International Law
i. Basic Principles of international law (sovereignty, jurisdiction, etc.)
ii. Article 33, Paragraph 1 of the UN Charter
iii. ICJ
b. Some of AD Settlement Institutions
i. Permanent Court Arbitration (Hague Convention 1907)
ii. International Court Arbitration (international Chamber of Commerce)
iii. United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (1985 UNCITRAL Model
Law on International Commercial Arbitration)
iv. 1958 New York Convention
c. How to Settle international Business Dispute
i. Types of Arbitration
ii. Arbitral Tribunal
iii. Arbitration Proceedings
iv. Lex arbitri and the law of the subject matter
v. Award (rendering, recognition, enforcement, etc.)
IV. Domestic Dispute Resolutions
a. Introduction to Domestic Dispute Resolution
b. Arbitration law (RA 876)
c. ADR Act of 2004 (RA 9285)
d. DOJ DO No. 98 Series of 2009 (IRR of ADR Act of 2004)
e. AM No. 07-11-08-SC (Special Rules of Court on ADR)