Guideline for the course:

1.  The students are advised to be registered in BLC course as per guidelines

Course Descriptions 

Course Objectives: 

 Understand the backdrop, meaning, advantages and disadvantages of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms. 
 Understand the key differences between Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms and Judicial Adjudication. 
 Understand the skills and elements involved in Negotiation, Mediation and Conciliation. 
 Understand the process of dispute resolution through ADR mechanisms, in particular,
  Understand the provisions related to reference of disputes to alternative dispute mechanisms under the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), 1908.  
 Understand the complexities involved in drafting “Arbitration Clause”.

  Course Outcomes: 

At the end of this course the following outcomes should be achieved: Having successfully completed this course you will be able to: 

1. Appreciate the advantages of resolving disputes through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. 
2. Appreciate the conceptual framework related to various ADR processes. 
3. Appreciate the skills required for successfully conducting the ADR proceedings. 
4. Identify various styles of drafting the arbitration clause in an agreement. 
6. Critically analyze the leading case-law pertaining to the Civil Procedure Code 1908.

Course Contents 

SYLLABUS: 

UNIT-I –INTRODUCTION 

A. BACKGROUND & MEANING – ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) 

B. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) MECHANISMS – AN OVERVIEW 

C. ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES – ADR MECHANISMS 

D. COMPARISON – ADR V. JUDICIAL ADJUDICATION (ADVERSARIAL SYSTEM)

UNIT II - NEGOTIATION

A. MEANING OF NEGOTIATION 

B. CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGOTIATION 

C. THEORIES OF NEGOTIATION

 D. ELEMENTS OF NEGOTIATION 

E. SKILLS INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATION

UNIT - III - MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 

A. MEANING OF MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 

B. DISTINCTION OF MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 

C. ADVANTAGES OF MEDIATION 

D. SOURCES OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION 

E. ROLE OF MEDIATOR / CONCILIATOR

UNIT – IV - COURT ANNEXED ADR IN Bangladesh

A. OBJECTIVES OF COURT ANNEXED ADR 

B. SECTION 89 - CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908 

C. ROLE OF COURT – REFERRAL OF DISPUTE TO ADR

UNIT – V - ARBITRATION

A. INTRODUCTION 

B. IMPORTANT TERMINOLOGIES IN ARBITRATION 

C. TYPES OF ARBITRATION 

D. LEGAL FRAMEWORK GOVERNING ARBITRATION 

E.  THE ARBITRATION ACT, 2001

 LEGISLATIVE BACKDROP, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS 

 ARBITRATION AGREEMENT 

 COURTS POWER OF SUPERVISION 

 ARBITRATORS 

 ARBITRAL PROCESS AND CHALLENGES TO ARBITRATION

  ARBITRAL AWARD  RECOURSE AGAINST ARBITRAL AWARD 

 RECOGNITION & ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN ARBITRAL AWARDS

UNIT – VI – MISCELLANEOUS 

A. FUTURE OF ADR IN Bangladesh 

B. ARBITRATION CLAUSES – STYLE & FORMS 

C. DEMONSTRATIVE EXERCISES – ADR MECHANISMS

Textbooks, 

Supplementary Materials Text Books: 

 “Law & Practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution in India – A Detailed Analysis”, by Anirban Chakraborty; 2016 Edition, LexisNexis, Gurgaon. 

 “Law Relating to Arbitration and Conciliation” by Dr. P.C. Markanda, Naresh Markanda, Rajesh Markanda; Ninth Edition, 2016, LexisNexis, Gurgaon. 

 “Justice RS Bachawat’s Law of Arbitration and Conciliation”, by Anirudh Wadhwa (Chief Editor), Fifth Edition, 2010, LexisNexis, Gurgaon. Reference Text : 

 “Dispute Resolution – Negotiation, Mediation and Other Processes” by Stephen B. Goldberg, Frank E.A. Sander, Nancy H. Rogers; Third Edition, 1999, Aspen Law & Business, New York.