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Self-Help: Extrajudicial Rights, Privileges And Remedies In Contemporary American Society, Douglas I. Brandon, Melinda L. Cooper, Jeremy H. Greshin, Alvin L. Harris, James M. Head, Jr., Keith R. Jacques, Lea Wiggins May 1984

Self-Help: Extrajudicial Rights, Privileges And Remedies In Contemporary American Society, Douglas I. Brandon, Melinda L. Cooper, Jeremy H. Greshin, Alvin L. Harris, James M. Head, Jr., Keith R. Jacques, Lea Wiggins

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Special Project examines the myriad forms of self-help currently available to persons in American society. It groups and discusses notable self-help rights, privileges, and remedies under topical classifications that parallel traditional jurisprudential categories. Parts H through VI of the Special Project sketch the legally fashioned contours and explore the legal, social, and political consequences of self-help methods in tort law, criminal law and law enforcement, commercial transactions, landlord-tenant relations,and family law matters. Part VII explores the attorney's role in the development and implementation of curative self-help procedures such as mediation. Special Project concludes by examining the function, mechanisms, and …


The Pitfalls Of International Commercial Arbitration, James M. Rhodes, Lisa Sloan Jan 1984

The Pitfalls Of International Commercial Arbitration, James M. Rhodes, Lisa Sloan

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The purpose of this Article is to examine the pitfalls of international arbitration on a broad scale. These pitfalls can be roughly grouped into two categories: (1) those endemic to the process of dispute resolution by a "private extra-judicial tribunal which derives its power from the agreement of the parties,"2 including difficulties unforeseen in the drafting of the agreement that add delay, complications, and expense to the proceedings; and (2) those related to using the rules of a particular institution. Ideally, planning and skillful drafting can eliminate both types of pitfalls and preserve the advantages of arbitration over other available …


The Need To Utilize International Arbitration, Gerald Aksen Jan 1984

The Need To Utilize International Arbitration, Gerald Aksen

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

I have been asked to discuss how to convince United States businessmen of the need for utilizing international arbitration. Basically, however, there is a realistic need for this well recognized form of alternative dispute settlement. Primarily, international arbitration affords companies the ability to avoid the uncertainties and complexities of foreign litigation. I found it interesting that Professor Vagts used the word "paradox" in referring to the existence of both the lack of effective treaties on the enforcement of foreign judgments and the host of treaties on the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Why is it a paradox? International arbitration was …