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Going Dutch: Should Employees Have To Split The Costs Of Arbitration In Disputes Arising From Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements - Morrison V. Circuit City Stores, Inc., John F. Crawford
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Employers often require their employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, obligating employees to submit their disputes with employers to binding arbitration. These agreements may include terms, such as cost splitting provisions, that may be advantageous to the employer, but extremely limiting to an employee seeking to enforce her statutory rights. The United States Supreme Court has yet to set out a clear position about whether an employee, by signed agreement, can be required to pay all or part of the arbitration fees and costs when the employee submits a statutory claim to arbitration. Federal district courts …
General Theory On Disputes And Conflicts, A, Raymond Shonholtz
General Theory On Disputes And Conflicts, A, Raymond Shonholtz
Journal of Dispute Resolution
In response to Carrie Menkel-Meadow's challenge to articulate and define a general theory of conflict management that is universally applicable regardless of context or domain,' the following General Theory and methodologies are put forth. The relational context that Menkel-Meadow offers between domestic and international is not the applicable construct for the formation of a general theory. Instead, the relevant frame is between non-democratic and democratic political systems and the difference between the concepts of conflict and dispute and their attending institutional mechanisms. Menkel-Meadow's analysis is useful in subdefining the issues in the vast foliage of conflict resolution and dispute management, …
Science-Policy Disputes: Resolution Through Data Mediation, Erik S. Knutsen
Science-Policy Disputes: Resolution Through Data Mediation, Erik S. Knutsen
Journal of Dispute Resolution
It is the aim of this article to propose a novel system of dispute resolution for disputes which turn on interpretations of complex but uncertain scientific evidence. Part II identifies a specific subset of legal disputes that can only be resolved through policy judgments from ambiguous scientific data. Recognizing the underlying commonalities of these science-policy disputes offers an opportunity to craft a single dispute resolution mechanism which may be utilized for a wide variety of disputes. Part III outlines the benefits of using a mediation-based dispute settlement mechanism, as opposed to the traditional adversary-style litigation system, for these specific types …
Consensual Approaches To Resolving Public Policy Disputes, Brett A. Williams
Consensual Approaches To Resolving Public Policy Disputes, Brett A. Williams
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This Comment will explore various consensual approaches and their application to public disputes. Specifically, unassisted and assisted negotiation will be examined in detail.9 In addition, the specific application of consensual approaches will be explored in the context of public environmental disputes.'0 Finally, the issue of alternative resolution to public disputes at the federal administrative level will be examined.
Applying Adr To Hospital Staff Privilege Disputes: A Prescription For The Future Of Health Care, Laurel E. Shealey
Applying Adr To Hospital Staff Privilege Disputes: A Prescription For The Future Of Health Care, Laurel E. Shealey
Journal of Dispute Resolution
In today's world of rising medical costs, hospital liability for staff negligence, and the uncertainty surrounding the viability of many medical procedures, hospitals are increasingly concerned with having competent doctors who can work effectively in a changing medical environment. In order to regulate staff quality, hospitals have broad discretion in granting, terminating, and reducing hospital staff privileges t
Book Review Essay , James E. Westbrook
Book Review Essay , James E. Westbrook
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Getting Disputes Resolved is an important addition to the growing body of scholarly and how-to-do-it literature on disputing and dispute processing. It offers guidelines and advice on designing and implementing dispute resolution systems that are based on the authors' experience as designers of dispute resolution systems in the coal industry. The authors are among the more prominent scholar-practitioners in the dispute resolution field. William L. Ury, associate director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, co-authored (with R. Fisher) Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreements Without Giving In. Jeanne M. Brett, J.L. Kellogg Professor of Dispute Resolutions and Organizations …
Grievance Mediation Of Contracual Disputes In Public Education, Sylvia Skratek
Grievance Mediation Of Contracual Disputes In Public Education, Sylvia Skratek
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This summary provides an overview of the findings of the study. There are, of course, many findings in the body of the report which are not summarized here, and interested readers are encouraged to examine the full report for these details.
Healing Angry Wounds: The Roles Of Apology And Mediation In Disputes Between Physicians And Patients, Ann J. Kellett
Healing Angry Wounds: The Roles Of Apology And Mediation In Disputes Between Physicians And Patients, Ann J. Kellett
Journal of Dispute Resolution
This country is in the midst of what has been identified as a medical malpractice "crisis."' A similar "crisis" was recognized over a decade ago. 2 In both eras, rates for medical liability insurance soared, 3 frequency and severity of claims reportedly increased, 4 and damage awards spiralled.' Decreased availability of malpractice insurance coverage, 6 and its increased cost, threatened availability of physician services in certain specialties and geographic areas.
Book Review , John S. Murray
Book Review , John S. Murray
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Textbooks intended for law school use should be evaluated in line with their intended purpose. The objective of Dispute Resolution is to provide law students with materials that describe, explain and raise questions about our society's processes for resolving disputes. An ideal textbook is thorough in its coverage of the substance and issues of the subject matter, usable in the sense of providing resources to help the teacher motivate students and channel class discussion, and readable in a student-friendly sense. In this essay I will review the Goldberg, Green and Sander text from the classroom perspective using these standards as …
Transformation Of Disputes By Lawyers: What The Dispute Paradigm Does And Does Not Tell Us, The, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Transformation Of Disputes By Lawyers: What The Dispute Paradigm Does And Does Not Tell Us, The, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Journal of Dispute Resolution
In this essay I will examine the dispute paradigm and its critique through the prism of one of the agents of dispute processing--the lawyer. This is not a simple task because in some studies of dispute processing, the dispute is the independent variable and the lawyer (the agent of dispute transformation) is the dependent variable. In other studies the reverse is true or the relationship is unclear. Are divorces made worse because of lawyers' or do the dynamics of divorce disputes force lawyers to become particularly adversarial and antagonistic? I choose this prism because the transformation of disputes conception not …
Redress By A Licensing Authority: Settling Home Improvement Disputes In New York City, Richard A. Daynard
Redress By A Licensing Authority: Settling Home Improvement Disputes In New York City, Richard A. Daynard
Journal of Dispute Resolution
First, it costs consumers almost nothing to use, since there are no filing fees and attorneys are unnecessary. Second, it offers the full relief of specific performance rather than the limited amount of damages which are allowed in small claims court. Third, it makes use of expert fact-finding in a technical area in which the typical judge or small claims arbitrator is at sea (and hence may lean too heavily on "credibility" determinations). Fourth, it is supported by a powerful sanction-license revocations-that is not available to other dispute-settlement tribunals. Finally, it is capable of handling a large number of consumer …