This paper focuses on the practical and technical difficulties for the development of consumer ODR. Part I starts by introducing ODR. Part II continues by defining ODR and related concepts, such as ADR and online ADR. Part III examines ODR main advantages and difficulties for resolving consumer...

Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the President ordered the creation of military tribunals in which to try persons associated with the attacks. Several persons currently imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been charged with capital crimes. As originally set forth by...

Terrorism has emerged as a major threat to the contemporary society. Nation States are reliant on their counter-terrorism laws for checking terrorism and deterring terrorists. To understand the effectiveness of these counter terrorism laws, it is important to first understand the behaviour of...

This article examines the benefits of the class action for New Zealand consumers. It analyses the current operation of the New Zealand class action and recommends significant reform to expand the use of the class action and to give clear specific guidelines on its operation. The author defines a...

During the summer of 2015, daily fantasy sports (DFS) advertising in the United States became ubiquitous, with DraftKings and FanDuel embarking on an aggressive advertising campaign. One year later, those commercials all but disappeared from television and radio. In the United States, DFS...

Using the Bishop Dynasty Trust, a six billion dollar enterprise designed to protect education excellence for native Hawai'ian students, this article considers the problems of appointed trusteeship over dynasty trusts. It addresses two key questions: 1) whom do trustees represent? and 2) to whom...

This book analyzes the scope of judicial authority and discretion to recognize the equitable doctrine of unclean hands as a bar to actions seeking damages in the United States. Bringing an American perspective to the contentious conversation about law – equity fusion in other countries of the...

Recent years have seen a rediscovery of the fact that a healthy financial and economic system cannot be based on the lowest common behavioural denominator of what is technically permissible under the black letter of the law. Something more is needed – variously described as ‘sound culture',...

The nearly twenty-year history of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's safe harbor provisions has been marked by criticism from content owners, online service providers, and end users. Content owners complain about the cost of monitoring online content and sending take-down notices. Online...

In Victoria and New South Wales, young learner drivers have been required to have 120 hours supervised driving before taking their provisional license test since July 2007. Queenslanders under 25 have to show that they have completed 100 supervised hours. Most other states require at least 50...