Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

Sites listed under this topic include the home pages of major domestic Canadian or international arbitral institutions. Additionally, sites are listed which collect useful links or provide additional documentation for arbitration or dispute resolution. Excluded are sites for the World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Association, and the European Union; such major intergovernmental systems for trade disputes will be found under "International Trade" in the Legal Resources link list.

Canada

This page links to the major Canadian sites for arbitration and dispute resolution: ADR Centres, Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society, Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada, Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre, Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution, and the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Replaces a previous site entitled "eResolution." Links and experimental analysis for resolving domain name disputes; it is maintained by a group of Canadian and American lawyers and academics.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

United States

Initiated by U.S. House of Representatives; provides links to primary and secondary materials for the U.S. and jurisdictions worldwide.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

International

Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School, D'Angelo Law Library has compiled and is maintaining an excellent web and print resource list for international arbitration. This is a good place to begin research for an overview of the sources available electronically as well as what one might need to locate in print.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

This organization is dedicated to the resolution of disputes through the use of arbitration, mediation, negotiation, elections and other out-of-court settlement means and procedures. Includes information on mediation, arbitration, and all methods of dispute resolution. Articles, research data, statutes, rules and forms are also available on-line.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Texts of major international conventions and rules are presented, along with Dutch domestic arbitral resources. The best feature is a comprehensive set of links to home pages of arbitral institutions, incorporated here by reference as an excellent "one-stop-shopping" list for such sites.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Professor Winship, James Cleo Thompson Sr. Trustee Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University School of Law, has prepared a sound set of links to major sites in international arbitration. The Kluwer International Arbitration site linked here is worthwhile but sponsored by a particular publisher of international legal information and hence with a focus on products and services of that company.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

This site is dedicated to promoting the constructive resolution of conflict through non-adversarial processes. Formerly known separately as ConflictNet, it PeaceNet provides links to the worldwide conflict resolution community.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Site contains links to Conventions, Treaties, national arbitration laws and international organizations.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the largest world business organization, sponsors an arbitral tribunal. Awards will appear; model clauses, rules, and other reference materials are currently posted.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Internet Directories

Provides links to alternative dispute resolution sites and sources, including international treaties and the laws of other jurisdictions. Also includes links to U.S. resources, such as federal statutes, regulations, agencies, U.S. news sources and commentary, and selected state sites.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

An internatioanl trade/commercial and e-commerce monitor with links to arbitration. Began at Universities of Oslo and Tromso, Norway and now maintained by Cameron May publishers.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

American Society of International Law (ASIL) Guide to International Commercial Arbitration

Charlotte Bynum's guide to electronic resources for commercial arbitration.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

Jean Wenger's guide to print and online commercial arbitration sources.
Date Last Visited: January 26, 2007.

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