This paper analyzes court priority queuing behavior by examining the time lapse between when a case enters a court's docket and when it is ultimately disposed of. Using data from the Supreme courts of the United States, Massachusetts, and Canada we show that each court's docket features a slow...

This article discusses several new alternative dispute resolution (‘ADR') mechanisms that intend to address complaints from stakeholder groups that may suffer as a consequence of foreign direct investment (‘FDI'). ADR methods such as mediation are well suited to resolving international...