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Alternative Dispute Resolution
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Procedures for settling disputes by means other than litigation; e.g., by arbitration, mediation, or minitrials. Such procedures, which are usually less costly and more expeditious than litigation, are increasingly being used in commercial and labor disputes, divorce... Read more |
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Treaty of Washington
Washington, Treaty of (1871) Agreement settling a number of disputes involving the USA, Britain, and Canada. The most serious was the question of the Alabama claims, which was submitted to international arbitration. US-Canadian disputes over fisheries and the border were also resolved.... Read more |
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Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos , 1910-69, president of Mexico (1958-64). A lawyer, he became active in the government party. He served as senator (1946-52) and as minister of labor (1952-58), during which time he settled more than 13,000 disputes. As president, he fostered industrial growth and... Read more |
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Webster-Ashburton Treaty Aug., 1842, agreement concluded by the United States, represented by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and Great Britain, represented by Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton. The treaty settled the Northeast Boundary Dispute , which had caused serious conflicts, such as... Read more |
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Adjudication
AdjudicationI. Domestic AdjudicationDavid FellmanBIBLIOGRAPHYII. International AdjudicationC. Wilfred JenksBIBLIOGRAPHYThe articles under this heading deal with the role and processes of national and international judicial institutions. Further discussion of the relations between judicial and other... Read more |
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Melville Weston Fuller
Melville Weston Fuller 1833-1910, American jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (1888-1910), b. Augusta, Maine. He studied at Harvard law school, and after 1856 he became a prominent lawyer in Chicago and acquired a national reputation in Democratic politics. Fuller was appointed Chief... Read more |
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John Lowell
John Lowell 1743-1802, American jurist, b. Newburyport, Mass. He became (1762) a lawyer and later served in the provincial assembly (1776, 1778), in the state constitutional convention (1779-80), and in the Continental Congress (1782-83). Lowell was a member (1784) of the commission that settled... Read more |
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University of Uppsala
University of Uppsala at Uppsala, Sweden; founded 1477 by Sten Sture, the Elder, and Archbishop Jakob Ulvsson. Its activities were suspended in 1510 as a result of religious disputes. It was reorganized in 1595. It is the oldest university of N Europe and has ranked among the world's great... Read more |
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Conciliation
CONCILIATION The process of adjusting or settling disputes in a friendly manner through extra judicial means. Conciliation means bringing two opposing sides together to reach a compromise in an attempt to avoid taking a case to trial. arbitration, in contrast, is a contractual remedy used to settle... Read more |
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