• The controversies out of law settlement (ADR): outlines
• The first alternative resolution methods in the Italian legal system
• Origins and development of alternative methods of conflict resolution in the USA
• Community legislation
• ADR evolution in the National legal system
• ADR forms and models : main outlines
• The mediation process : reference regulatory frame work; mediation procedures; the mediator; the compulsatory, optional, delegated and agreed mediation; the relation between mediation and the process; the mediation procedure; the role of the lawyer in mediation; the absence of the partecipants in the mediation; the procedural costs; the fiscal facilitations
• The assisted negotiation : the agreement of negotiation; the optional and obligatory negotiation; the negotiation dealing with work matters and family matters
• The arbitration : the arbitration agreements; the arbitrators; the procedure ; the out come; the penalities.