LB5514 - Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

This subject examines mediation/negotiation theory and practice in cross-cultural contexts. It focuses on the application of mediation in those contexts. Mediation is a conflict resolution process created within a Western cultural system. The subject seeks to identify the limits of this Western model in cross-cultural conflict and negotiation. It will also examine how these limitations might be addressed in the mediation design phase and the implications for the implementation of a dispute resolution system. It will also have a particular focus on mediation and negotiation involving Indigenous peoples. Case studies will be used to examine mediation design in particular cross-cultural circumstances.

Learning Outcomes

• describe the characteristics of a cross-cultural context;
• explain how conflict manifests and dispute resolution is conducted between peoples or groups in a cross-cultural setting, analyse cross-cultural disputes and distinguish particularities of cross-cultural mediation;
• modify general dispute resolution techniques to account for issues of cultural diversity;
• develop strategies to prepare and design a dispute resolution process with cross-cultural parameters as a mediator or facilitator;
• critically assess the development of your dispute resolution skills in a cross-cultural setting.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
• The ability to think laterally and be original;
• The ability to conceptualise problems;
• The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems.

Assumed Knowledge:

LB5500 or LB5525 and LB5501

Availabilities
External, Study Period 6
Census Date 27-Jun-2013
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Sam Hardy, Miss Judith Herrmann
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	essays (50%); discussion paper (30%); online participation (20%).

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