AJ 025 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Disfigurement, Punitive Damages, Intentional Tort

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Administration of Justice (AJ)
• Course: AJ 025
• Professor: shirk

Document Summary

Parties select a neutral third party (usually an expert on the matter) Evaluator assesses the strength and weaknesses of each party"s claims. Mini-trial: each party"s attorney briefly argues the case before the other party and a panel of representatives from each side who have the authority to settle the dispute. A neutral third party (expert in area of dispute) acts as adviser. If parties fail to reach agreement, advisor renders an opinion as to how court would likely decide. Summary jury trials: a method of settling disputes by holding a trial in which the jury"s verdict is not binding but instead guides the parties toward reaching an agreement during the mandatory negotiations that immediately follow. Online dispute resolution (odr): the resolution of disputes with the assistance of organizations that offer dispute-resolution services via the internet. Most commonly: disagreements over the rights to domain names or over quality of goods sold via internet.