Course: Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Course title Alternative Dispute Resolution
Course code MEP/CRŘ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ryšavý Lukáš, JUDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Malacka Michal, JUDr. Mag. iur. Ph.D., MBA
  • Hrnčiříková Miluše, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Bureš Pavel, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Content (themes): 1. Out-of-court dispute resolution (introduction, concept, advantages and disadvantages) 2. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and its some forms (negotiation, partnership, mediation, conciliation, ombudsman; relationship to arbitration) 3. Arbitration (introduction, concept, arbitrability) 4. Arbitration agreement 5. Person of the arbitrator 6. Arbitration proceedings 7. Arbitral award (recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award) 8. The role of general courts in arbitration proceedings (control and auxiliary function of general courts) 9. Mediation (concept, division, principles) 10. Person of the mediator (conditions for performing the function of a mediator) 11. Course and termination of mediation (mediation agreement) 12. Final comparison between proceedings before general courts, before an arbitrator and before a mediator (commencement, course, termination) 13. Out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes (Financial Arbiter, Czech Trade Inspection Authority) Seminar topics: 1. Advantages and disadvantages of out-of-court dispute resolution 2. Institutional provision of arbitration and mediation 3. Arbitration agreement and agreement to mediate 4. The correct choice of the person of the arbitrator and the person of the mediator 5. Effects of arbitration award and mediation agreement 6. Examples from video

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
During the semester, students should get acquainted with the issue of dispute resolution outside the system of general courts, from various informal negotiations to binding and enforceable execution titles. The course focuses on the general issue of out-of-court dispute resolution, focusing on two basic methods of out-of-court dispute resolution, which are traditionally established in the legal systems of modern countries, namely arbitration and mediation. After completing the course, students will be able to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various forms of out-of-court dispute resolution and define their basic characteristics. They will get information about how to approach out-of-court dispute resolution in everyday life, what to look out for and what they can expect from individual ways of out-of-court dispute resolution and what not.
Students will learn how to think/work and how to deal with cross-border obligations cases.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

To obtain the colloquium it is necessary to attend the seminars to the extent set by the supervisor, to participate actively and to fulfill the duties set by the teacher for the given seminar.
Recommended literature
  • Mothejzíková, J., Steiner, V. a kol. (1996). Zákon o rozhodčím řízení. Komentář.. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Pauknerová, M. - Růžička, K. - Zunt, V. - Kučera, Z. (1997). Úvod do studia českého práva mezinárodního obchodu. ZČU, Plzeň.
  • Pauknerová, M. (1998). Společnosti v mezinárodním právu soukromém. Karolinum, Praha.
  • Rozehnalová, N. (2013). Rozhodčí řízení v mezinárodním a vnitrostátním obchodním styku, 3. aktualiz. vyd.. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika.
  • Růžička, K. (1997). Mezinárodní obchodní arbitráž. Prospektum, Praha.
  • Růžička, K. (2003). Rozhodčí řízení před Rozhodčím soudem při Hospodářské komoře České republiky a Agrární komoře České republiky. Aleš Čeněk, Dobrá Voda u Pehřimova.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter