Base Knowledge
Definition and distinction of the extrajudicial mechanisms to solve juridical conflicts, at national and international levels.
Comprehension of the mediation features and analysis of the mediation process: principle, characteristics, fases, procedure.
Study of the mediation framework.
Teaching Methodologies
Expositive, interactive and interrogative method, stimulating the students’ capacity of critical and reflexive analysis.
Learning Results
C1. Knowledge – Definition and distinction of the extrajudicial mechanisms to solve juridical conflicts, at national and international levels. Comprehension of the mediation features and analysis of the mediation process. Study of the mediation framework.
C2. Understanding – Understanding the characteristics and the advantages of mediation as a mechanism of prevention and composition of disputes and of social pacification.
C3. Application – Assess efficiently the information of each conflict provided by the parties to decide the appropriate method to be applied to each case.
C4. Analysis – Perception of the solicitor role and intervention under the mediation.
C5. Making judgments – Capacity to study independently. Development of the critical attitude.
Program
A- Conflict Management: characterization and distinction of ADR mechanisms: arbitration, negotiation and mediation
B – Conflict Mediation
1. History and legal framework of the mediation
2. Identifying features of mediation
3. Mediation principles
4. Mediation procedure and stages
5. Mediator techniques
6. Mediator legal and professional status
7. Public systems of mediation
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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– Cebola, Cátia Marques e autores vários (2022). Resolução Alternativa de Litígios – Casos práticos, Gestlegal.
– Cebola, Cátia Marques; CRUZ, Rossana Martingo (2021). Legislação Resolução Alternativa de Litígios, 1ª ed., Gestlegal.
– Lopes, D. & Patrão, Afonso (2014). Lei da Mediação Comentada. Coimbra: Almedina.
– França, M. F. (2012). Curso de Resolução Alternativa de Litígios (2ª ed.). Lisboa:
Almedina.
– Cebola, Cátia (2013), La Mediación (1ª ed.), Madrid: Marcial Pons;
– Schmidt, Jan Peter (2013), “Mediation in Portugal: Growing Up in a Sheltered Home”, Mediation – Principles and Regulation, in: Comparative Perspective, Klaus J. Hopt e Felix Steffek (edit.), 1ª ed., Oxford University Press, pp. 809-837;
– Morais, Jorge Carvalho (2011), “A consagração legal da mediação em Portugal”, in: Revista Julgar, n.º15, pp. 271-290;
– Moore, Christopher W. (2003), The Mediation Process: practical strategies for resolving conflict, 3ª ed., Jossey-Bass, São Francisco;
– Beer, Jennifer E. e Stief, Eileen (1997), The Mediator’s Handbook, 3.º ed., New Society Publihers;
– Singer, Linda R. (1994), Settling Disputes: Conflict Resolution in Business, Families, and the Legal System, 2ª ed., Westview Press, Boulder;
– Folberg, Jay e Taylor, Alison (1984), Mediation: A Comprehensive Guide to Resolving Conflicts Without Litigation, 1ª ed., Jossey-Bass, São Francisco.