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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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Calibrated Autonomy: China's 2026 Business Mediation Ordinance and the Reconfiguration of Dispute Resolution

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that China's 2026 Business Mediation Ordinance represents neither progress toward rule of law nor retreat from it. I propose instead that we are witnessing something I call “calibrated autonomy”—the strategic construction of spaces for private ordering that remain tethered to Party‐State oversight through multiple ...
M. Francis Cao
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Sustainability Assessment of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Systematic Review and Hybrid Architecture for Credible, Salient, and Legitimate Knowledge Governance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability assessment advances corporate social responsibility toward inclusive development. Widely recognized approaches prove inadequate for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), resulting in fragmented proliferation that hinders cumulative knowledge.
Luísa Couto Gonçalves de Souza, Laura Proença Guimarães, Maria Auxiliadora Drumond   +2 more
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Dynamic multi‐objective optimisation of complex networks based on evolutionary computation

IET Networks, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the problems concerning the number of information to be optimised is increasing, the optimisation level is getting higher, the target information is more diversified, and the algorithms are becoming more complex; the traditional algorithms such as particle swarm and differential evolution are far from being able to deal with this situation ...
Linfeng Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Choice of Arbitrators Regarding Dispute Settlement (Comparing Indonesia and Russia)

Journal of Law and Legal Reform
Arbitration is a mechanism for resolving civil disputes outside traditional courts, governed by a written arbitration agreement between the disputing parties.
Jafar Sidik, Oleg Orlov, Asep Rozali, Dewi Sulistianingsih   +3 more
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The Interplay Between Nationality and the Independence and Impartiality of the Arbitrator [PDF]

Iranian Journal of International and Comparative Law
Independence and impartiality are essential indicators for qualified arbitrators. However, the criteria for assessing these indicators differ among competent authorities when addressing challenges to arbitrators. One contentious aspect is the nationality
Ali Asghar Rahimi, Seyed Ali Hosseini Balajadeh   +1 more
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Does ESG Drive Performance or Does Performance Enable ESG? Evidence of Reverse Causality From Korean Firms

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)‐performance literature has grown substantially, yet a fundamental question remains underexplored: do ESG investments improve firm performance, or do high‐performing firms simply invest more in ESG? We empirically address this question using panel vector autoregression with Granger causality tests
Jiyeon Kim, Wooyoung Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Managing the Efficiency–Satisfaction Trade‐Off: The Moderating Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Legal Services

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digitalization has reshaped professional services, yet its impact on client satisfaction remains ambiguous. This study examines the efficiency‐satisfaction paradox in China's digitized legal services. Using 5,500 client assessments from 110 firms, we identify an inverted U‐shaped relationship between legal service efficiency (LSE) and customer
Wenjing Liu, Soo Jeong Hong
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A Multi-Step Model for Pie Cutting with Random Offers

Mathematics
The problem of dividing a pie between two persons is considered. An arbitration procedure for dividing the pie is proposed, in which the arbitrator is a random number generator. In this procedure, the arbitrator makes an offer to the players at each step,
Vladimir Mazalov, Vladimir Yashin
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility and signal quality of the Minder® implantable continuous EEG monitoring® system compared to 10–20 scalp electrodes over extended monitoring periods

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To evaluate the signal quality of the Minder implantable continuous EEG monitoring (iCEM) system compared to traditional scalp EEG in the context of long‐term, continuous monitoring in individuals with epilepsy. Methods Twenty‐six patients implanted with the Minder iCEM system (November 2019 to July 2023) underwent 7‐day video‐EEG co‐
Taneeta Mindy Ganguly, Alan Lai, Andrew Niemiec, Tracy Cameron, Erin C. Conrad, Ramya Raghupathi, Colin Ellis, Amy J. Halliday, Lisa Gillinder, Udaya Seneviratne, Patrick Kwan, Piero Perucca, Aileen McGonigal, Sara Vogrin, Holly Fontenot, Mark J. Cook   +15 more
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