This paper deals with a simple tool that we have developed to support the parties in online dispute resolution (ODR). The tool helps the participants to bring forward the statements of the dispute in a structured and concise way. After each added statement the online tool shows the structured layout of the statements. As an example, the tool has been applied on a domain name dispute. For AI & L...

When the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) selected a radio access technology based on Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), sponsored by European telecommunications equipment manufactures Ericsson and Nokia, for its third-generation wireless communications system, a bitter dispute developed between ETSI and Qualcommm Inc. Qualcomm threatened to withhold its intel...

In certain cases, making a distinction between freedom fighters and terrorists is matter of dispute states. This article examines the main reason for this disagreement suggests some criteria separating these two concepts. By referring to practice states as well regional counter-terrorism conventions, argues that root cause issue arises from legal interpretation self-determination at present pos...

Drawing from research on computational models of argumentation (particularly the Carneades Argumentation System), we explore the graphical representation of arguments in a dispute; then, comparing two different traditions on the limits of the justification of decisions, and devising an intermediate, semi-formal, model, we also show that it can shed light on the theory of dispute resolution. We ...

Dispute mediation is a growing activity in the resolution of conflicts, and more and more research emerge to enhance and better understand this (until recently) understudied practice. Corpus analyses are necessary to study discourse in this context; yet, little data is available, mainly because of its confidentiality principle. After proposing hints and avenues to acquire transcripts of mediati...

Two symmetric players bargain over an infinite stream of pies. There is one exogenously given pie in every period, whose size is stochastic, and the pies are iid. Play can be in a tabula rasa mode or dispute mode. When it is in the former, Nature selects a proposer and a responder with equal probabilities, and a proposal is made by the proposer regarding the division of the present pie. If ther...

This thesis is an in-depth discussion and analysis of the alternative dispute resolution process of arbitration in the United States. It begins by providing a basic explanatory overview of arbitration clauses and the arbitration process. It then goes on to highlight the various benefits over traditional court litigation that arbitration has to offer. From there, the paper presents a detailed di...

Introduction This Overview of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is intended to serve as a practical introduction to the various mechanisms for resolving disputes between parties. It is designed to inform deliberations among judges, justice ministry officials, and administrators who are considering the possibility of adding new dispute resolution options to the traditional adjudicative model ...

The strategic stability debate in South Asia is largely influenced by the complex and volatile relationship between nuclear rivals India Pakistan. Growing competition United States (U.S.) China border dispute are influencing security dynamics of region, but it aggravating hostility New Delhi Islamabad over ongoing issues such as Kashmir terrorism charges against one another that have increased ...

BACKGROUND Family law reforms in Australia require separated parents in dispute to attempt mandatory family dispute resolution (FDR) in community-based family services before court attendance. However, there are concerns about such services when clients present with a history of high conflict and family violence. This study protocol describes a longitudinal study of couples presenting for famil...