Alternatives in Dispute Processing
Litigation in a Small Claims Court
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4084124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Austin Sarat (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 339-375 |
| Publication date | 1976-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Society Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3053138 |
| OpenAlex | W2332852437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 24 |
Social life is inevitably conflictual. Conflict occurs as individuals with different interests, goals, problems and perspectives seek to achieve a maximum share of the values which any society provides. Yet, the inevitability of conflict does not mean that its occurrence is welcomed. In fact, generally the opposite is true. Conflict, once it occurs, is difficult to end. Resolution is elusive because conflicts transform themselves almost as quickly as they can be defined and strategies for dealing with them developed. Nevertheless, in every society there is a wide range of techniques and procedures available to deal with disputes
Business · Political science · Criminal Law and Evidence · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations
The problem with neighbors
Court Is an Arrow
The Dispute Tree and the Legal Forest
Back-channel Communication in the Settlement of Conflict
Pathways to preferences for collaborative conflict resolution
Dogs Are “Registered”, People Shouldn’t Be’
What's in a Handshake? Legal Equality and Legal Consciousness in the Netherlands
The Juridification and Technicisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Practices
An Assessment of Mediation in a Small Claims Court
Escalation in response to persistent annoyance
Defendants and one-Shotters Win After All
Conflict and Compromise
Thinking Disputes
The Context of Public Bureaucracies
Enforcing Judgments in Russian Economic Courts
The Twilight of Adversariness
Arbitration and Mediation as Alternatives to Court
The Politics of Participation and Nonparticipation in Dispute Processes
Regulatory Reform
Scientific Disputes and Adversary Procedures in Policy‐making
Studying American Legal Culture
Civil Courts and the Development of Commercial Relations
The Effect of Gender and Relational Distance on Plaintiff Decision Making in the Litigation Process
The Newspaper Ombudsman and Consumer Complaints
Case Processing
The Small Claims Court
Legal Insurance, Litigant Decisions, and the Rising Caseloads of Courts
Thinking About Courts
In the Eye of the Beholder
Two Approaches to Contemporary Dispute Behavior and Consumer Problems
Readiness Theory and the Northern Ireland Conflict
Studying Disputes by Survey
An Evaluation of Court Mediation
Fiction and Reality
Visions of Vindication
Law in Culture and Society
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
Small Claims, Complex Disputes
Settled Out of Court
Lawyer and Client
Courts and conflict resolution
Legal levels and multiplicity of legal systems in human societies
The Mobilization of Law
Afterword
Law and the Balance of Power
Formal Litigation and Professional Insecurity
A Comparative Theory of Dispute Institutions in Society
Clerks and Clients
Studying the Frequency of Civil Litigation in Germany
Litigation in the Federal Courts
The Predictability of Nonlegalistic Adjudication
Influences of Social Organization on Dispute Processing
Afterword
Courts and Conflict Resolution
Choices in Legal Procedure
The Mediator, the Judge and the Administrator in Conflict-resolution
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2022 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |