МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ і НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ
Український державний університет фінансів та міжнародної торгівлі
Кушевська Н.М.
Лихицька Ю.Г
MEDIATION & ARBITRATION
CONTRACT LAW
Київ – 2014
Укладачі: старший викладач кафедри іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням УДУФМТ, Кушевська Н.М.
старший викладач кафедри іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням УДУФМТ, Лихицька Ю.Г.
Рецензенти: Тимощук І.В. – к.п.н., доц., зав. кафедрою іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням, УДУФМТ
Схвалено: на засіданні кафедри іноземних мов за професійним спрямуванням, протокол № від 25.04.14
Мета посібника – забезпечити розвиток навичок роботи з фаховою літературою та усного мовлення на теми, передбачені програмою з іноземних мов для факультету «Міжнародні відносини та правознавство».
Посібник складається з 2 уроків та додаткових текстів для читання за тематикою підручника. Система вправ забезпечує швидке та ефективне засвоєння студентами необхідних знань і вироблення стійких навичок фахової усної та письмової комунікації, роботи з англомовною правовою літературою.
Unit 7
M
EDIATION
& ARBITRATION
Section A
Warmer:
1. Skim the joke and express your opinion.
A man had been convicted of theft on circumstantial evidence. When the case was sent for appeal, he revealed to his lawyer that he had been in prison at the time of the crime committed.
-“Good Heavens, man”, said the lawyer.
“Why on the earth didn’t you reveal that fact at the trial?”
-“Well”, said the man, “I thought it might prejudice the jury against me.”
Section b Reading and speaking
Before you read:
2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
a) Thieves respect property: they merely wish the property to become their property that may more perfectly respect it.
( G.K.Chesterton, “The Man Who was Thursday”, 1908)
b) In business saving the pennies often means losing the pounds.
Reading
3. Read the text and decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
The term litigation refers only to the hearing or a trial.
Mediation differs from arbitration in that the disputing parties are actively involved in the decision-making process.
International arbitration developed in response to the need to settle disputes involving more than one jurisdiction.
Text A
Introduction to the litigation, arbitration and mediation
This unit deals with the range of ways of handling legal disputes. Lawyers are often perceived as spending all their time in court, involved in litigation (lawsuits and criminal trials), but of course that is only a small part of what they do. They are far more likely to try to avoid litigation, either by reaching an out-of-court settlement with the other party, or by using one of the methods of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
There are two main types of ADR: mediation and arbitration.
Mediation involves an independent third party working with the disputing parties to help them negotiate and reach agreement. The disputing parties have to find their own compromise: the mediator has no power to impose decisions. This is especially useful if, for example, the parties are keen to preserve a good working relationship during and after the dispute (e.g. an employer and employee, or a supplier and customer). The mediator can help by brining up ideas and suggesting compromises that the disputing parties would be too guarded to mention. He/she can also defuse potential conflicts, and help the parties to remain focused on the aim of the negotiation: to find a solution which is acceptable to both parties.
Arbitration also makes use of an impartial third party, but in this case the arbitrator (or arbiter) has the power to impose binding judgments on the parties. This procedure is more formal and confrontational than mediation, but less so than litigation. Arbitration is useful when the disputing parties are more interested in the rights and wrongs of the case than in reaching a compromise. The hearings are generally quicker and less bureaucratic than full trials. Arbitration is often used to resolve commercial disputes, particularly those involving international commercial transactions. The arbitral process for resolving disputes under international commercial contracts is referred to as international arbitration. Arbitration is also used in some jurisdictions to resolve other types of dispute, such as those involving employment-related issues.
Litigation is the most formal option, and also potentially the most expensive and time-consuming. It includes all stages before, during and after a trial. It is usually desirable to have both a mediation and an arbitration clause in your agreement. All partners know that they’ll try mediation first. Only if that doesn’t work out can an outside arbitrator impose a decision.