Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………… 7Part I……………………………………………………………………………………………… 9Chapter 1. Qualifications for becoming an arbitrator of the arbitrationcourts in Roman law and in selected contemporary legal systems(Bronisław Sitek) …………………………………………………………………………………. 11Chapter 2. Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Method– From Antiquity until the Present Day(Renata Świrgoń-Skok, Anna Kościółek) …………………………………………….. 23Chapter 3. Types of Arbitration Agreement – The ComparativeAnalysis(Anna Franusz) …………………………………………………………………………………… 39Part II…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 51Chapter 1. Standards for conducting mediation in labour law matters(Aneta M. Arkuszewska, Agata Ludera-Ruszel) …………………………………… 53Chapter 2. Historical, cultural and legal bases of mediation in commonlaw and continental law systems as well as its Roman origins(Beata J. Kowalczyk) ……………………………………………………………………………. 67Chapter 3. Administrative Mediation, Application by the EuropeanBanking Authority as an Experience of Alternative Dispute Resolutionin Administrative Procedure(María Lidón Lara Ortiz) …………………………………………………………………….. 81Chapter 4. The out-of-court agreement on paymentsand the bankruptcy mediator in Spain(Amparo Montanana Casaní) ……………………………………………………………… 91Part III…………………………………………………………………………………………… 103Chapter 1. Admissibility of Voluntary Agreement into Polish CivilProcedure in the light of Roman Law Practice(Joanna Misztal-Konecka) …………………………………………………………………… 105Chapter 2. Challenges for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Spain:Procedural Issues(Andrea Planchadell Gargallo) ……………………………………………………………. 119Chapter 3. Medical Events(Iwona Wrześniewska-Wal) ………………………………………………………………… 129Chapter 4. Challenges for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Spain:Criminal Issues(Caty Vidales Rodriguez) ……………………………………………………………………. 137Part IV…………………………………………………………………………………………… 147Chapter 1. ‘ni cum eo pacit, talio esto’(Jan Zabłocki) …………………………………………………………………………………….. 149Chapter 2. Public opinion and conflict resolution – a few comments(Elżbieta Loska) ………………………………………………………………………………….. 163Chapter 3. Procedural and Extrajudicial Protection of Easementof Passage in Roman Law(Renata Kamińska) ……………………………………………………………………………… 169Chapter 4. ‘Vir cum divortium fecit mulieri iudex pro censore est.’Were the woman’s morals examined and assessed duringor out of a lawsuit?(Anna Tarwacka) ………………………………………………………………………………… 181Notes about authors and editors……………………………………………………….. 189