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The Journal of Legal Studies, 1995
We analyze settlement escrows as an inexpensive method to reduce delay in pretrial bargaining. In a settlement escrow, an agent receives cash settlement offers from the parties to a lawsuit. If the defendant offers more than the plaintiff demands, the court imposes settlement at the midpoint of the offers.
Gertner, Robert H., Miller, Geoffrey P.
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We analyze settlement escrows as an inexpensive method to reduce delay in pretrial bargaining. In a settlement escrow, an agent receives cash settlement offers from the parties to a lawsuit. If the defendant offers more than the plaintiff demands, the court imposes settlement at the midpoint of the offers.
Gertner, Robert H., Miller, Geoffrey P.
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1997
The fate of the proposed tobacco settlement and, in turn, the health and longevity of generations of Americans now lie in the hands of the Congress. The settlement is the product of intense negotiations among 40 state attorneys general, a coalition of trial lawyers, and the tobacco industry itself.
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The fate of the proposed tobacco settlement and, in turn, the health and longevity of generations of Americans now lie in the hands of the Congress. The settlement is the product of intense negotiations among 40 state attorneys general, a coalition of trial lawyers, and the tobacco industry itself.
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2005
Abstract This chapter covers how to settle disputes in accordance with Article 10 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. It cites that the peaceful settlement of disputes is a fundamental principle and a customary rule of international law.
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Abstract This chapter covers how to settle disputes in accordance with Article 10 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. It cites that the peaceful settlement of disputes is a fundamental principle and a customary rule of international law.
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Why Post-Settlement Settlements?
Journal of Democracy, 2003This article addresses the issue of the durability of peace settlements, with South Africa as the illustrative case. Settlement failure occurred as parties approached negotiation from different cultural perspectives. These lead to fundamental disagreements about the rules of good faith, the status of contract and approaches to dealing with ...
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Territorial settlements and settlements in territories:
GeoJournal, 1977What is it then that a participant reflects upon as he returns to the less heady realm of his own professional and scholarly activities? First of all, there is conflict. Once the threat of nuclear was rested chiefly in bipolar competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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1987
All living beings are competitors for the means of existence. Competition takes the more intense form we call conflict when contenders seek to disable or destroy opponents, or even convert them into a supply of resources. Conflict need not always be violent; we speak, for example, of industrial conflicts (strikes and lockouts) and legal conflicts (law ...
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All living beings are competitors for the means of existence. Competition takes the more intense form we call conflict when contenders seek to disable or destroy opponents, or even convert them into a supply of resources. Conflict need not always be violent; we speak, for example, of industrial conflicts (strikes and lockouts) and legal conflicts (law ...
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Shallow Foundations — Settlements
1995Foundations supported on sand are designed using the allowable bearing pressure as shown in Chapter 8 so it is expected that the foundation will not settle more than the allowable settlement. Semi-empirical methods to estimate the settlement of a foundation on sand are given in this chapter.
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