Today, binding arbitration procedures are employed in a wider variety of contracts than at any time in our nation …'s history, and arbitration has become a wide-ranging surrogate for court trial of civil disputes. As a result, arbitration is … subjected to unprecedented stresses and strains, and it is fair to say that arbitration has never been subject to wider …

Administrative and Civil cases. This result is confirmed by matching estimation and simulation exercises. There is evidence of …

arbitration processes, particularly mandatory pre-dispute arbitration. Although it may be difficult to believe given arbitration …’s current popularity, not everyone requires his or her clients to sign mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements. In fact …, some service providers prefer to avoid arbitration regardless of whether it is arranged pre- or post-dispute. So which …

chapter surveys some of the more active areas in the litigation literature. Topics include rules of evidence, loser-pays rules …