Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Macao Special Administrative Region of the RPC. Mediation. Conciliation. Difference between conciliation and mediation. Arbitration. Domestic Arbitration. International Arbitration. Arbitration as a means to facilitate the fair and speedy resolution of disputes. The confidentiality. The arbitration agreement and its species. The parties in the arbitration proceedings. The arbitrators. The arbitration proceedings. General powers exercisable by arbitral tribunal. The arbitral tribunal may make orders or give directions dealing with granting interim injunctions or directing provisional measures to be taken? Arbitration proceedings must to produce a settlement in a due period of time. The arbitrators' responsibility.

CILO-1: Students will be able to identify the main advantages of arbitration and its main differences from other methods of solving disputes, namely civil procedure. CILO-2: Students will be able to ability to discuss and apply the main principles of arbitration including autonomy, independence and minimal judicial intervention. CILO-3: Students will be able to draft arbitral clauses, the application of institutional arbitral rules and how to constitute an arbitral tribunal. CILO-4: Students will be able to identify and understand the main rules applicable to arbitral proceedings including the interaction between judicial proceedings and arbitral proceedings.