We study optimal methods for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), a technique to achieve settlement and avoid costly adversarial hearings. Participation is voluntary. Disputants are privately informed about their marginal cost of evidence provision. If ADR fails engender settlement, the disputants can use information obtained during determine what provide in an hearing. Optimal induces asymmet...

It is challenging for lay consumers to predict a legal conclusion by applying appropriate law in consumer dispute. We developed system that assists possible conclusion. The enables identify the type of disputes using tree structure, and apply rules implemented as PROLEG programs. arranged avoid inconsistency between structure program.

A smart contract can be defined as a computer program, stored on blockchain, which allows transaction or an agreement—defined ex-ante—to self-executed when some conditions are met, and without the need for central authority to enforce it. Even if this new technology is very promising, it may face challenge: codified nature of contracts creates types disputes that require mechanisms dispute reso...

Public participation in environmental decisions has become commonplace. A favored model for public input is to use the tools of dispute resolution to seek consensus among members of a multi-party stakeholder group. The authors believe that a focus on dispute resolution and consensus building can pose impediments to the creation of insights for decisionmakers and lead to the adoption of inferior...