In an analysis of the dispute between the proponents of Laetrile and those opposing the substance, the impact of both knowledge and value factors is explored. First, six related knowledge disputes are considered, with an emphasis on the difficulties of conflict resolution. It is suggested that when Laetrile supporters failed to obtain a favourable adjudication within the scientific community, t...

The mininal core of strategic decisions a firm has to make is three-fold: What to produce? At which scale? At what price? A full-fledged theory of oligopolistic competition should be able to embrace these three dimensions jointly. Starting from the Cournot-Bertrand dispute and the stream of research it gave birth to, this survey shows that we are far from having such a theory at our disposal to...

In this paper, I argue that various disputes in ontology have important ramifications and so are worth taking seriously. I employ a criterion according to which whether a dispute matters depends on how integrated it is with the rest of our theoretical projects. Disputes that arise from previous tensions in our theorizing and have additional implications for other issues matter, while insular di...

extended abstract introduction participation, as the key element in achieving development goals especially civic development, has considerable importance. when people have much more participation in affairs, it is more possible to be successful. in these societies, low and deprivated class of society will benefit from participation results and its advantages. from the other hand, these days, p...

IP 95-1 Page 1 This is the story of teacher trainees in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) alternative training program during a labor dispute. The individual stories highlight the stress a labor dispute places on prospective teachers who are not yet full-time teachers but also not the traditional transitory student teachers from a university teacher education program. In the dispu...

With the growth of information technology and the Internet, a new always-on and global marketplace has transformed business: electronic commerce has appeared in the business and legal landscape. Inevitably, with this new form of commerce came new forms of disputes. As transactions in a global market mean an increased probability of transnational disputes, parties situated sometimes on different...

It has long been observed that developing countries made scant use of dispute settlement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Less clear are the reasons for this. Most observers insist that the various GATT reforms that were intended to help developing countries failed to insulate them from the “power politics” of the system (Kuruvila, 1997). Not surprisingly, many of these ...

The question this paper addresses is how can IT support the resolution of disputes through arbitration and mediation. The first and second parts will examine the benefits of Online Dispute Resolution, some of the pitfalls it may present and how these can be avoided. The third part will then look at one of the more formidable obstaclesthe issue of security of communications. The fourth part will...