Vol. 2: Yearbook of the Alternative Resolution Dispute Lab Year 2 - 2019
Opening Note
It is once again a great pleasure and pride to present the second issue of the ADR Lab Yearbook.
The ADR Lab, now part of the NOVA Dispute Resolution Forum, was established in 2007 with the mission of developing activities related to alternative dispute resolution methods, particularly negotiation, mediation, conciliation, and arbitration. It is characterized by a strong openness to the non-academic community and aims to invest in training, research, reflection, and the dissemination of information on alternative dispute resolution methods.
It has undertaken various initiatives, notably the University Extension Course in Arbitration (8 editions), the Mediator Training Course (4 editions), and the Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods Course. Also noteworthy is the NOVA School of Law’s Forensic and Arbitration Master's program, which includes two courses on Mediation and four on Arbitration. This is a unique offering in Portugal and has led to dozens of dissertations on Alternative Dispute Resolution, as well as papers within the scope of these courses.
The quantity and quality of the research produced led us to conclude that there was a need for a platform to better disseminate its results. Hence, this Yearbook was created, which publishes texts on Alternative Dispute Resolution, especially, but not limited to, master's theses and works carried out within the Forensic and Arbitration Master's program.
In this second issue, the collection of texts is once again of great interest, timeliness, and academic quality. On the subject of arbitration, we publish the master's thesis (with adaptations) by Ana Sernadas, on the topic of third-party intervention and joinder in arbitration, and an article by our PhD student Guilherme Brandão Gomes on the determination of arbitration proceedings by agreement of the parties. We also introduce our readers to the work of Carolina Roque, Catarina de Medeiros Carreiro, and Catarina Cerqueira in their participation, with exceptional performance, in the 26th edition of the Vienna Moot Court dedicated to international arbitration and the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods. The NOVA School of Law has been achieving significant results in this highly demanding competition every year, and the reasons for this are well demonstrated by the pieces prepared by the authors, which we present here.
In the field of mediation, the co-authored text by Cátia Marques Cebola, Dulce Lopes, Lia Vasconcelos, and Úrsula Caser addresses the interesting and very current topic of environmental mediation, and the article by Marta Ribeiro de Sousa explores the theme of emotion management in mediation. Finally, we publish a translation of the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. The translation, not official, was done by João Pedro Pinto-Ferreira. This international law instrument is still very recent, but we believe it will assume great importance for the development of cross-border mediation.
In conclusion, I must not miss the opportunity to extend a special word of thanks once again to the coordinators António Pedro Pinto Monteiro, Artur Flamínio da Silva, Daniela Mirante, Joana Campos Carvalho, and João Pedro Pinto-Ferreira, and to the editor Maria Miguel, for their dedication and enthusiasm from the very beginning. With such a team, everything is possible!
To all readers, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Mariana França Gouveia
Full Professor and Director
Publisher: CEDIS Press
