Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

LA32F Alternative Disputes Resolution
	1. General This course will be taught in either the first or second semester of Year III of the LL.B. degree programme. 2. Course Objective The course aims to enable students to appreciate the nature of ADR; to examine particular applications of ADR techniques to public law issues; and to provide students with a comparison with court based dispute resolution to public law issues. 3. Course Content i. ADR in Public Law, Nature of court based dispute resolution, Identification of ADR techniques, Application of ADR techniques to public law issues. ii. Dispute resolution: Tribunals Ombudsman iii. Dispute avoidance: Circulars, Guidance and Extra Statutory Concessions. iv. Combined techniques: Self-regulation and adjudication v. Assessment of the role of ADR in public law. 4. Method of Teaching The course will be taught by way of two lectures per week and one tutorial per week. Each lecture and tutorial will be of one hour duration. 5. Method of Assessment 99 This course will be assessed by way of a two hour examination accounting for 70% of the final mark and a draft of an ADR clause accounting for the other 30%, at the end of the semester in which it is taught. In the two-hour examination students will be required to answer three questions selected from a total of six questions.