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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Course Description: The student will become familiar with alternative dispute resolution methods and develop skills in resolving cases and dealing with practical real-world problems.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The aim of this course is to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of alternative dispute resolution methods, including their substantive and procedural rules, in accordance with the regulations issued in this regard in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and within the allocated timeframe.

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
1- To know the systemic and legal terminology and concepts related to alternative dispute resolution methods.
2. To clarify dispute resolution methods and how judgments and enforceable instruments are executed.
3. To describe the fundamental principles and theories of systems.
Skills:
1- To compare free and institutional alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods.
2. To apply the regulatory rules in selecting alternative dispute resolution methods.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
1- To take responsibility in individual and group work when forming the arbitration committee and distributing roles.
2. To be embodied in good morals, self-confidence, understanding others, and adhering to the values of loyalty and belonging to the homeland and its leadership.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
General introduction and student orientation to the course (nature, objectives, requirements). Origin and development of alternative dispute resolution methods (negotiation, mediation, conciliation, facilitation, and arbitration). Their concepts and the types of environments in which they occur.
Comparison between free and institutional alternative dispute resolution methods.
International and Regional Organization for Dispute Resolution Methods.
for international efforts to extract unified rules for arbitration, conciliation, and international and Arab agreements.
Sources of Saudi Arbitration Law.
Criteria for distinguishing arbitration from other methods.
Introduction to Arbitration, Its Development, and Types.
Procedures to be applied in arbitration disputes. Midterm exam.
Free and institutional arbitration.
Challenging an arbitration award
Enforcement of domestic and foreign arbitral awards.
Follow up on the execution of national and foreign arbitral awards.
The competent authority for enforcing national and foreign arbitral awards.

Last updated: 2026-05-17