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Increasing Innovation In Legal Process: The Contribution Of Collaborative Law, Martha Emily Simmons
Increasing Innovation In Legal Process: The Contribution Of Collaborative Law, Martha Emily Simmons
PhD Dissertations
This dissertation examines the role of innovation in resolving complex disputes, using Collaborative Law as its case study. Innovation, for the purposes of this research, can be defined as applied creativity that leads to optimal resolution for clients. The process of innovation is required to resolve complex problems, which are increasingly prevalent in legal, economic and social spheres. Collaborative Law indeed has the capacity to resolve such issues in the legal realm. Collaborative Law is a process by which parties and their lawyers enter into a binding contract that limits the representation to a facilitative problem-solving process with the intent …
Improving Claims Resolution: Alternative Processes In Canada's Immigration System, Nicole M. Melanson
Improving Claims Resolution: Alternative Processes In Canada's Immigration System, Nicole M. Melanson
LLM Theses
This thesis argues that alternative dispute resolution processes form a vital part of Canada's immigration and refugee claims determination system. Using an analytical framework that draws on dispute resolution and relational feminist theory, it explores how alternative processes provide advantages over adversarial ones for claims that engage issues of power and relationships. By aligning claims with appropriate processes, system administrators can improve the fairness, efficiency and durability of resolutions. Introductory Chapters describe the administrative law structure that governs immigration and refugee claims in Canada, and the Immigration Appeal Division's Early Resolution program. This unique initiative integrates alternative processes into the …