The authors explore the evolving role of the labor arbitrator with respect to the parties' expectations and public law. Issues include: the traditional role of the arbitrator as an instrument of the parties' system of workplace self- government, the expansion of public regulation of the workplace, and potential conflicts between the arbitrator's accountability to the parties' expectations and the arbitrator's evolving role as adjudicator of employees' public law claims.
The author explores the relationship between emotion and traditional legal remedies, as well as in alternative dispute resolution. While lawyers are often discouraged from using their emotional knowledge, emotionality is an important part of our culture. An effective negotiator must consult a constant stream of emotional data to keep a negotiation on track.
The author argues the Christian religion, as opposed to professional ethical standards, would require parties in negotiations to be completely honest in order to foster the most beneficial outcomes for those involved and maintain reliability and respect in personal relationships.
The article proposes a new paradigm for resolving the accountability dilemma in mediation. This dilemma stems from the fact that the very qualities that render mediation attractive to disputants and successful where formal options fail - flexibility and confidentiality - also frustrate conventional mechanisms for ensuring the delivery of fair and effective mediation services. Accountability measures in mediation have typically relied on formal (legal) or informal (reputation, professionalism) mechanisms....
Technology is changing the way that children are communicating (particularly elementary and pre-school aged children), and these changes have significant implications for alternative dispute resolution processes and practices. Although ADR practitioners and theorists are not ignoring technology, we have focused almost exclusively on the question of how we can use technology to enhance our existing practices. We are not paying sufficient attention to the fact that young children are communicating...
Two-volume treatise geared toward assisting the Pennsylvania practitioner to navigate ADR systems. Topics include the role of the attorney in ADR processes and an in-depth discussion of mediation, arbitration, and earlyevaluation mechanisms.
This paper discusses the usefulness of arbitration to solve contract interpretation disputes. The author offers several suggestions as to why including an arbitration clause in a contract may be beneficial for both parties, including privacy, the reliability of arbitrators, and mistrust of jurors as contract interpreters.