Alternative Dispute Resolution
As legislatures and courts continue to expand mandates for ADR in federal and state courts, the need to know what, in fact, the ADR revolution has wrought, for good or ill, becomes more pressing.
In the last quarter century, the use of alternative dispute resolution has transformed many aspects of our civil justice system. Many cases are now resolved outside the courthouse through mediation and arbitration—some through binding decisions, some through voluntary agreements. The ICJ is committed to a program of research that will provide accurate information about the use of ADR. In particular, we want to learn about the prevalence of ADR as well as it effects on costs and case outcomes.
What We Know and Don't Know About Court-Administered Arbitration — 1986
This Note, a reprint of an article that originally appeared in the February-March 1986 issue of Judicature, summarizes the results of research conducted by the Institute for Civil Justice in the area of court-administered arbitration.
Court-Annexed Arbitration: The National Picture — 1985
Reports the findings of a national survey to determine the current status of court-annexed arbitration among state and federal trial courts, and is an update of a similar survey conducted by The Institute for Civil Justice in 1980, and published as R2732
Court-annexed arbitration in the state trial court system — 1984
Research effort has been directed toward investigating the use of court-annexed arbitration in the state trial courts, and evaluating the effectiveness of this type of arbitration for managing the civil caseload and alleviating the burdens that the l...
Court-Ordered Arbitration: The California Experience — 1984
A shortened version of a study published as R-2733-ICJ, examines the experimental court-ordered arbitration program established in California in 1979, in an effort to determine whether court-ordered arbitration reduces court congestion ...
Introducing Court-Annexed Arbitration: A Policymaker's Guide — 1984
Court-annexed arbitration is a court-run dispute resolution process to which cases that meet some specified criteria are involuntarily assigned.
Reforming the civil litigation process: how court arbitration may help — 1984
This paper, originally published in the New Jersey Bell Journal, Summer 1984, describes some factors contributing to the congestion, delay, and expense that currently trouble the country's civil courts. It describes court-administered arbitration, an...
Court-Administered Arbitration: An Alternative for Consumer Dispute Resolution — 1983
This Note presents the preliminary results of a year-long study of the Pittsburgh (Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas) arbitration program.
Simple Justice: How Litigants Fare in the Pittsburgh Court Arbitration Program — 1983
Examines the arbitration program of the Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) Court of Common Pleas which at the time of the study applied to cases of $10,000 or less.
Judicial Arbitration in California: The First Year — 1981
A study of the critical implementation phase of the California judicial arbitration program. The report begins by identifying the primary objectives of the program's supporters.
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