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PROFESSOR WEATHERSPOON

SUMMER SEMESTER 2008

MONDAY, JULY 21 - FRIDAY, JULY 25

12:00 PM - 5:15 PM (daily)

 

REQUIRED READING MATERIALS:

 

  Cooper, Nolan and Bales, ADR IN THE WORKPLACE

    (American Casebook Series, 2005, 2nd Edition)

 

RECOMMENDED SOURCE MATERIALS:

 

   Elkouri & Elkouri, HOW ARBITRATION WORKS (6 th Ed.)

 

PART 1. LABOR ARBITRATION

 

Monday, July 21, 2008

 

12:00 - 2:00      Chapter I. History and Background

•  Early Judicial Hostility

•  The Development and Acceptance of Labor Arbitration

 

Chapter II. Introduction to Grievance Resolution

•  Grievance Procedures

•  Various Arbitration Systems

•  Arbitrator Selection

•  The Arbitration Profession

•  Advocates in Arbitration

•  The Arbitration Hearing

•  The Resolution of Labor Grievances in Other Countries

•  Alternative Mechanisms for Grievance Resolution

 

2:00 - 2:15 Break

 

2:15 - 3:30   Chapter III. Federal Common Law

•  Creation of the Federal Common Law

•  Judicial Determination of Arbitrability

•  Judicial Review

•  Injunctions

 

3:30 - 3:45 Break

 

3:45 - 5:15     Chapter VI. Evidence and Procedure

•  Evidence

•  Due Process of Arbitration

•  Discovery

•  The Role of Precedent