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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

Court-Annexed Arbitration: Kentucky's Viable Alternative To Litigation, James C. Thornton

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Resolving The Medical Malpractice Crisis: Alternatives To Litigation, Allen K. Hutkin

Journal of Law and Health

This article will review the societal and individual costs of the present medical malpractice system, analyze current efforts to reform the system, and propose several alternatives for consideration. These alternatives include expanding the use of alternative dispute resolution, reformulating the doctor/patient relationship, expanding the scope of conventional hospital risk management and modifying the manner in which medical malpractice insurance is presently provided.

Teaching Mediation As A Lawyering Role Developments, Jacqueline Nolan-Haley

Faculty Scholarship

The growth of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) movement has generated an increased interest in the study and practice of mediation as a nonadversarial method of conflict resolution. With mediation, individuals settle their disputes using a neutral third party who has no power to impose a settlement. Historically, mediation has been widely neglected in legal education, and-except for those involved in the labor field-lawyers have not practiced it. Recent gains in visibility have not necessarily resulted in widespread acceptance of mediation. In fact, mediation has even been openly resisted by some members of the legal profession.

Restraining The Unruly Horse: The Use Of Public Policy In Arbitration, Interstate And International Conflict Of Laws In California, Kojo Yelpaala

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

Japan's East China Sea Ocean Boundaries: What Solutions Can A Confused Legal Environment Provide In A Complex Boundary Dispute?, Kendrick F. Royer

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note addresses the ocean boundary delimitation conflict between Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea in the East China Sea. The author considers international law on boundary delimitation and concludes that the law is unclear on delimitations between states within four hundred nautical miles of one another. The International Court of Justice has held that equity is the norm to be applied to boundary delimitation disputes but it has not resolved the competition between the natural prolongation theory of delimitation and a theory based upon the Exclusive Economic Zone. The geology of the East China Sea brings this issue to …

Erratum

Journal of Dispute Resolution

No abstract provided.

Early Neutral Evaluation: The Second Phase, David I. Levine

Journal of Dispute Resolution

The federal court for the Northern District of California has operated an experimental program in expedited dispute resolution called Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) since 1985. After a lengthy and careful period of analysis and revision of the program, the Court has permanently adopted ENE on the basis of considerable evidence that it is an effective way to improve the resolution of civil disputes and on the basis of the strong endorsement of the program by those who have participated in it. This report first briefly describes ENE and the results from the author's study of the initial pilot phase. It …

Labor Arbitration And State Wrongful Discharge Actions: Due Process Or Remedial Double Dipping - Lingle V. Norge Division Of Magic Chef, Inc., John Porter Hoel

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This note will explore the history of Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act 6 (LMRA) and the preemption doctrine, the development of the wrongful discharge action, the case history involving union employees filing state actions for wrongful discharge, and the effect the Lingle decision will have on business, the judicial system and, most importantly, the body politic of the individual states. Emphasis will be placed on the important role the state legislature will play in determining the exact ramifications of the Supreme Court's decision. Finally, the note will outline and discuss four main options state legislatures have when …

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 …

Ratification By Argentina Of The 1958 New York Convention On Recognition And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Horacio A. Grigera Naón

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.

Title Page

Journal of Dispute Resolution

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Table Of Contents

Journal of Dispute Resolution

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Mediation Interventions And Restorative Potential: A Case Study Of Juvenile Restitution, Harry Mika, Kimberley Cole, Anmarie Aylward

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This paper explores a far less prevalent variant of juvenile restitution, distinguished by the use of mediation to reconcile victims and offenders and to establish the specific terms of restitution by consensus. In addition to general discussions of restitution and mediation, a more focused descriptive profile of mediation interventions in juvenile restitution for Dallas, Texas, is presented. Drawing from case materials and the direct involvement of the authors as third party neutrals in juvenile restitution, the mediation component of this program is further scrutinized for its adequacy for addressing needs of victims and offenders within what Zehr identifies as retributive …

Cool Hand Lawyers: White Collar Crime And Tactics Of The Prosecution And Defense, M. Shawn Askinosie

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This Comment is designed to facilitate the understanding of the white collar criminal plea bargaining process "which is not as open to the public view" and illuminate the actors' "carefully planned clash of positions." There is more to this process than a plea of guilty to reduced charges. The order of ideas in this Comment should be considered as both chronological and at times interactive depending on the facts and law of each case.

Child Custody Mediation: A Proposed Alternative To Litigation, Terri Garner

Journal of Dispute Resolution

Section II of this article describes the historical framework from which child custody mediation has developed. Section III discusses the process and procedures normally followed by a mediator in order to assure maximum, effective results. Section IV explains the role of the mediator including ethical considerations and problems faced by attorneys who wish to mediate the custody disputes of divorcing couples. Section V sets forth the results and conclusions of the Denver Custody Mediation Project (Denver Project), an influential study that has become the basis of encouraging mediation throughout the nation. Finally, Section VI discusses the advantages and disadvantages of …

Hey Counselor, Can You Spare A Dime - The Seventh Circuit's High-Water Mark In Curbing Meritless Challenges Of Arbitration Awards - Hill V. Norfolk & (And) Western Railway, Robert K. Angstead

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This Note traces the history of the Seventh Circuit's recent use of Rule 11 in actions involving the circumvention of the arbitration process to that circuit's highwater mark decision in Hill v. Norfolk & Western Railway.1 " This history serves to illuminate the imperative delivered by Judge Posner, not only to members of the bar in the Seventh Circuit but to officers of the court nationwide: "Lawyers practicing in the Seventh Circuit, take heed!"

Sour Lemon: Federal Preemption Of Lemon Law Regulations Of Informal Dispute Settlement Mechanisms - Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association V. Abrams, A, David P. Hiatt

Journal of Dispute Resolution

Federal preemption of state "lemon laws" is a relatively recent development in the battle between federal and state law for control of regulation in the consumer protection area. Although preemption is the key issue upon which Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association v. Abrams 2 was decided, the outcome affects the continued viability of manufacturers to establish workable settlement mechanisms to handle the resolution of disputes with consumers. The court, in holding the New York "Lemon Law"3 preempted by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act4 , determined that the federal policy of encouraging manufacturers to voluntarily establish dispute resolution mechanisms outweighed New York's efforts …

Setting The Standard For Overturning An Arbitrator's Award That Violates Public Policy - United Paperworkers International V. Misco, Inc., Brian Darling

Journal of Dispute Resolution

For over forty years, the United States Supreme Court has recognized the principle that great deference is to be given by the courts to the decisions of arbitrators.2 The Court has applied this same deferential standard in reviewing arbitration awards which are challenged on the basis of being in violation of public policy.3 The well settled rule is that a court must enforce the award unless it violates a well defined, explicit public policy that is ascertained "by reference to the laws and legal precedents and not from general considerations of supposed public interest."4 Recently, the Supreme Court reaffirmed this …

Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act

Journal of Dispute Resolution

The U.A.A. provides that "[a] written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration . . . is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. "5 Courts and legislatures alike routinely state the policies promoting arbitration. Because most states favor the settlement of disputes through arbitration, there is a tendency for courts to find a valid arbitration agreement

Public Programs, Private Deciders: The Constitutionality Of Arbitration In Federal Programs, Harold H. Bruff

Publications

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Defenses To Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards Under The United Nations Convention Of 1958 Focusing On Article V Of The Convention And Practice In U.S. Courts, U-Kyung Sung

LLM Theses and Essays

This LL.M. thesis analyzes the defenses available to parties resisting enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbital Awards, with particular focus on Article V and its application in United States federal courts. The work examines each Article V(1) defense — including invalidity of the arbitration agreement, violation of due process, excess of arbitral authority, improper tribunal composition or procedure, and the non-binding, set aside, or suspended award defense — as well as the Article V(2) defenses of non-arbitrability and public policy. The work also addresses defenses based on reservations …

National Law And Commercial Justice: Safeguarding Procedural Integrity In International Arbitration, William W. Park

Faculty Scholarship

The law chosen to govern the merits of an international contract dispute does not always lead to results hat satisfy an arbitrator's personal sense of what is right. The arbitrator therefore may be tempted to resolve the dispute according to his own notion of justice. Seduced away from the rules of the otherwise applicable law, the arbitrator may take on unauthorized powers of amiable composition. While most international arbitrators are conscientious in respecting the bounds of their mission, some have been known to boast of their skill in finding ways to bypass the established rules of the party-chosen law. …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Union grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties for the Postal Operations Group (NonSupervisory): Internal Mail Processing and Complementary Postal Services, which expired December 31, 1982 but was extended to September 20, 1984 by Bill C-124, and in particular of Article 33, in that the Employer failed to provide safety footwear to casual employees in the same fashion as it had been provided to regular employees. The Union requested that I declare that the Collective Agreement applied to casual employees in this respect, direct that they be provided with safety footwear and that those who should have …

Re Canada Post Corp And Association Of Postal Officials Of Canada, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Employee grievance alleging discharge without Just cause contrary to the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing expiry date December 31, 1986 but which, counsel agreed, had been extended and applies to this matter. The Union requested that the grievor be reinstated and reimbursed for all lost pay and benefits and that all documents relating to the discharge be removed from his personal file. At the outset of the hearing the parties agreed that I was properly seized of this matter and should remain seized after the issue of this award to hear evidence relating to the quantum of compensation, if …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (Hogan), Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Union grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties for the Postal Operations Group (Non-Supervisory): Internal Mail Processing and Complementary Postal Services, which expired September 30, 1986, and remains in force pursuant to the Postal Services Continuation Act, 1987, and in particular Article 10, in that the Employer discharged the grievor without just, reasonable or sufficient cause. The Union requests that the grievor be reinstated and compensated for all lost rights, benefits and earnings and that all reports, letters and documents relating to this discharge be removed from his personal file.

Rethinking American Arbitration, Thomas J. Stipanowich

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Timber Harvesting On Private Lands: The Washington Timber– Fish–Wildlife Agreement, John P. Mcmahon

Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

24 pages.

Contains 3 pages of references.

Bay/Delta Standards Memorandum And Exhibits, Thomas J. Graff

Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

47 pages.

The 1987 Nonpoint Source Pollution Amendments And State Progress Under The New Program, John H. Davidson

Water Quality Control: Integrating Beneficial Use and Environmental Protection (Summer Conference, June 1-3)

143 pages.

Contains 4 pages of references.