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Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or external dispute resolution (EDR), typically denotes a wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that parties can use to settle disputes with the help of a third party. [1] They are used for disagreeing parties who cannot come to an agreement short of litigation. However, ADR is also ...
It primarily involves negotiation, mediation or arbitration, or a combination of all three. In this respect it is often seen as being the online equivalent of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). [1] However, ODR can also augment these traditional means of resolving disputes by applying innovative techniques and online technologies to the process.
Methods of dispute resolution include: lawsuits (litigation) (legislative) [5]; arbitration; collaborative law; mediation; conciliation; negotiation; facilitation; avoidance; One could theoretically include violence or even war as part of this spectrum, but dispute resolution practitioners do not usually do so; violence rarely ends disputes effectively, and indeed, often only escalates them.
Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter deals with peaceful settlement of disputes. It requires countries with disputes that could lead to war to first of all try to seek solutions through peaceful methods such as "negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own choice."
Obstruction of justice is an umbrella term covering a variety of specific crimes. [1] Black's Law Dictionary defines it as any "interference with the orderly administration of law and justice". [2] Obstruction has been categorized by various sources as a process crime, [3] a public-order crime, [4] [5] or a white-collar crime. [6]
The former police officer charged in the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021 returns to court on Wednesday for the first time since convincing the U.S. Supreme Court to raise the legal bar on ...
An integral part of this research effort is the Law Enforcement Negotiation Support (LENS) System. LENS is a computer-based project developed to provide all law enforcement negotiators with additional tools to help resolve crisis situations. Part of this effort is a research project known as the Hostage Barricade Database System (HOBAS).
Sep. 24—A former Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputy pleaded guilty Tuesday to obstruction of justice in tipping off his confidential informant that the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...