Enhanced Dispute Resolution Through the Use of Information Technology

by Arno R. Lodder, John Zeleznikow

Overview

Alternative Dispute Resolution has now supplanted litigation as the principal method of dispute resolution. This overview of dispute resolution addresses practical developments in areas such as family law, plea bargaining, industrial relations and torts. The authors elaborate on the necessary legal safeguards that should be taken into account when developing technology-enhanced dispute resolution and explore a wide range of potential applications for new information technologies in dispute resolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521515429
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/03/2010
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Arno R. Lodder is an Associate Professor at the Computer/Law Institute of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and is director of the Centre for Electronic Dispute Resolution.

John Zeleznikow is a Professor and researcher at Victoria University's Laboratory of Decision Support and Dispute Management.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Norms for the use of technology in dispute resolution; 3. Developing dispute resolution processes; 4. Technologies for supporting dispute resolution; 5. Advanced intelligent technologies for dispute resolution; 6. A three step model for online dispute resolution; 7. Future prospects.

Editorial Reviews

'… provides a firm theoretical background with extensive references and bibliography and is rich in paradigms and projects both operational or still in academic labs.' Vagelis Papakonstantinou, PKpartners Law Firm, Free University of Brussels and the International Hellenic University

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