"In this first handbook on what is likely to become one of tomorrow’s incontrovertible topics in the field of arbitration, a well-known expert in ODR guides the reader through the reasons to use IT and its practicalities, the choices made by the prevalent arbitration institutions in this regard, and the legal limits to the use of such technologies. His powerful ‘toolbox’ includes a wealth of practice guidelines, drafting suggestions for arbitrators or parties wishing to use IT, and checklists and reminders to be used in practice.

The book’s highly accessible text – complete with anecdotes, vividly depicted examples, and interesting background information – is backed with great knowledge and expertise in the uses of IT in law practice, so the reader is assured of gaining confident awareness of the easy advantages to grasp and the stumbling blocks to avoid as he or she proceeds.This is a book in which anyone involved in an arbitration, or even likely to be, will discover great benefit."

July, 2006  |  ISBN: 9041125159  |  Kluwer Law International
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" À ce jour, des millions de litiges ont été résolus par des méthodes de résolution des litiges en ligne - arbitrage, médiation et négociation par Internet. Le mouvement Online Dispute Resolution, depuis son irruption dans notre paysage juridique, progresse à un rythme exponentiel : depuis cinq ans, le nombre de cas traités, qui concernent surtout le commerce électronique, double chaque année. Une telle prise de pouvoir ne va pas sans susciter certaines perturbations dans le champ social où elle s’exerce, offrant de nouvelles voies de régulation, déplaçant la position de certains acteurs et réaménageant les flux de normativité. Ce livre propose un premier examen de ces phénomènes.

Le lecteur y trouvera notamment abordés les thèmes suivants : modèles de régulation du cyberespace ; formes de régulation du commerce électronique par la résolution des litiges en ligne ; mécanismes d’autoexécution ; questions juridiques que le mouvement ODR soulève en droit de l’arbitrage et de la médiation ; lex electronica ; formation de systèmes juridiques ; questions éthiques ; légitimité démocratique du mouvement ODR ; évolution probable."

December 2005  |  ISBN: 2-8027-2181-X  |  Bruylant
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"This book offers a survey of the current state of play in online dispute resolution, from the methods and information technology currently in use to the range of regulatory solutions proposed by shareholders. Taking their analysis a step further, the authors also address this new field's most pressing issues, including possible amendments of existing legislation, treaties, and arbitration and other ADR rules. Online Dispute Resolution: Challenges for Contemporary Justice is an in-depth study of online dispute resolution today, discussing among other topics: the different methods of ODR; fields of use; ways to bring parties to online dispute resolution; validity and effects of clauses entered into online and providing for online mediation or arbitration; issues surrounding electronic communications and evidence in arbitration; and, enforcement of online dispute resolution outcomes, both through court proceedings and built-in enforcement mechanisms.

This book also covers issues related to security and e-commerce in general. As a special feature, it contains a section on existing online dispute resolution providers, complete with interviews and statistics."

December, 2004  |  IBSN: 9041123180  |  Kluwer Law International
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