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As a service to the ADR and ODR fields, Mediate.com is honored to make the book “Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice” by Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, Ethan Katsh and Daniel Rainey ( Eds.) available. We here begin with the Forward, Introduction and First Chapter of “Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice.”
Forward to Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice
by Professor Richard Susskind OBE
IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
President of the Society for Computers and Law
Is court a service or a place? When people or organizations are in dispute, must they congregate in physical courtrooms to resolve their differences?
Introduction to Online Dispute Resolution: Theory and Practice
This book is intended to provide an in-depth analysis and overview of not only the past
and present but also the future of ODR.
Chapter One:
ODR: A Look at History – A Few Thoughts About the Present and Some Speculation About the Future
by Ethan Katsh
To many today, ODR is viewed as an extension of ADR in that it largely supports ADR
processes and the third party neutral at the heart of ADR processes. It also continues the
trend of locating dispute resolution outside the formal institutions supported by government. As it evolves further, however, ODR may be as different from ADR as ADR is from
litigation in court.
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