This article describes the use of debt collection agencies that employ shaming techniques as a way to enforce contractual obligations. It attempts to explain the incentives that business disputants have for choosing non-institutionalized mechanisms to channel their conflicts, in spite of their...

This paper presents the results of an empirical investigation of the influence of social networks on how individuals choose to process their legal disputes. The research focuses on business disputes and disputants in Venezuela, a developing economy. Previous socio-legal research adopts a...

This article, which is based on the research conducted for the General Report ‘Relief in Small and Simple Matters in an Age of Austerity' presented at the XV World Congress of Procedural Law, provides a contextualised and broad overview of these phenomena in the United States. After describing...

This article intends to explore the interplay between different dispute processing mechanisms and fora in the realm of transnational litigation, through the lens of the Chevron-Ecuador legal saga. My goal is to discuss the transformation of a transnational complex case and the challenges faced...

This Article describes the blossoming CLF sector by placing it in the context of the fast-growing crowdfunding industry and the alternative litigation finance industry. Part I first explains the basic structure, variations in the types of crowdfunding financing, and the overall impact of...