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Dispute Resolution

In the legal field, conflict resolution and alternative dispute resolution are strategies to bring two or more parties to an amicable agreement outside the courthouse setting, such as via mediation and arbitration. RAND has researched dispute resolution since the early 1980s, beginning with medical malpractice and continuing with a focus on state, appellate, and federal court–ordered arbitration in mass torts, personal injury law suits, and the banking industry.

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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism, Stabilizing U.S. Rivalries, the Debt-Ceiling Fight: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on countering anti-Asian racism, the instability of U.S. rivalries with Russia and China, the rise in extremist online activity, and more.
Dec 3, 2021
Commentary
Nuclear Strategists Know How Dangerous the Debt Fight Is
Nuclear-war strategists' work offers a warning for Congress: The more times a game is played, the more treacherous it becomes, because when both sides believe catastrophe will always be averted in the end, each behaves more rashly. In the debt-ceiling dispute, the United States could end up defaulting precisely because each side keeps waiting for the other to blink.
Nov 29, 2021
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The RAND Institute for Civil Justice: 40 Years
For 40 years, the RAND Institute for Civil Justice has supplied government and private decisionmakers and the public with the results of objective, empirically based, analytic research.
Dec 12, 2019
Commentary
'Game of Thrones' Reflections on International Relations
As two RAND researchers join millions of others in eagerly awaiting the final season of Game of Thrones, they reflect on one of the show's central themes: rival views of the nature of power and justice.
Apr 11, 2019
Report
Maritime Issues in the East and South China Seas: Summary of a Conference Held January 12–13, 2016
This conference summary presents key insights from a January 2016 conference focusing on maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas.
Dec 12, 2016
News Release
New Book Explores Transparency in the American Civil Justice System
The quest for greater transparency in the American civil justice system is the topic of a new book of essays illustrating how a balanced approach to increasing transparency can improve the civil justice system, raise public confidence and protect litigants' privacy.
Apr 24, 2012
Report
Government Accountability Office Bid Protests in Air Force Source Selections: Evidence and Options
Recent bid protests have caused large disruptions in resource and operational planning in the Air Force, even leading to the cancellation of the Combat Search and Rescue helicopter program, and the Air Force needs tactics to counter such protests.
Feb 22, 2012
Report
Government Accountability Office Bid Protests in Air Force Source Selections: Evidence and Options — Executive Summary
Recent bid protests have caused large disruptions in resource and operational planning in the Air Force, even leading to the cancellation of the Combat Search and Rescue helicopter program, and the Air Force needs tactics to counter such protests.
Feb 22, 2012
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RAND Institute for Civil Justice
The RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ), a part of the Justice Policy program, conducts research on all aspects of civil justice, from trends in litigation and jury verdicts to punitive damages, compensation systems, and alternative dispute resolution. Directly or indirectly, civil justice issues have an impact on us all.
Oct 3, 2011
News Release
RAND Study Finds Class Actions Against Insurers Rose Prior to Recent Reforms and Many Cases Occurred Outside Public View
April 4, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds Class Actions Against Insurers Rose Prior to Recent Reforms and Many Cases Occurred Outside Public View.
Apr 4, 2007
Research Brief
Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the CJRA
Examined the effects of the CJRA's (Civil Justice Reform Ac) case management principles on time to disposition, costs, and participants' satisfaction and views of fairness.
Jan 1, 1996
Report
Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? : An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the Civil Justice Reform Act
This executive summary provides an overview of the purpose of the CJRA (Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990), the basic design of the evaluation, the key findings, and their policy implications.
Jan 1, 1996
Report
An Evaluation of Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Under the Civil Justice Reform Act
The report describes an assessment of the effects of six different alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs that included mediation and early neutral evaluation.
Dec 31, 1995
Report
Private Dispute Resolution in the Banking Industry
This monograph examines the use of private alternative dispute resolution (private ADR) by firms in the banking industry in response to a perceived liability crisis in the 1980's.
Jan 1, 1993
Report
The Perception of Justice: Tort Litigants' Views of Trial, Court-Annexed Arbitration, and Judicial Settlement Conferences
This report investigates the attitudes and perceptions of individual plaintiffs and defendants in personal-injury tort cases in three state courts.
Jan 1, 1989
Report
Alternative Adjudication: An Evaluation of the New Jersey Automobile Arbitration Program
In 1985, New Jersey implemented a statewide program of mandatory court-administered arbitration of automobile injury lawsuits.
Jan 1, 1988
Report
Court-Annexed Arbitration: The National Picture
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
Jan 1, 1985
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