Background
Katsh, M. Ethan was born on September 3, 1945 in New York City. Son of Abraham Isaac and Estelle (Wachtell) Katsh.
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An essential tool for dispute resolution professionals as well as for anyone considering using dispute resolution in their lives and work, Online Dispute Resolution explains the many diverse and unique applications of doing conflict resolution online. The expert authors examine the tremendous growth of online dispute resolution-including its use by eBay and other e-commerce companies-and reveal the enormous possibilities to come, along with the many employment opportunities for practitioners in the field. They show how the online environment will affect the role of those who are concerned with dispute resolution just as it has brought changes to those who practice law, sell stocks, or run for office. For those who see the value of technology as a critical building block in the future of dispute resolution, Online Dispute Resolution will be an indispensable resource.
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This updated eleventh edition of Taking Sides: Legal Issues is designed to introduce students to controversies in the law. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading legal scholars, judges, and legal commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as "pro" and "con" debates. Issues debated include the operation of legal institutions; law and social values; and law and crime. This title is supported by the student Web site, Dushkin online, at http://www.dushkin.com/online
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The world of law is a world of information. Rules, judgments, decisions, interpretations, and agreements all involve using and communicating information. Today, we are experiencing a significant transition, from letters fixed on paper to information stored electronically. The digital era, where information is created, stored, and communicated electronically, is quickly approaching, if not already here. The future of law will no longer be found in impressive buildings and leather-bound books, but in small pieces of silicon, in streams of light, and in millions of miles of wires and cable. It will be a world of new relationships and greater possibilities for individual and group communication, an environment where the value of information increases as it is shared. In Law in a Digital world, M. Ethan Katsh explores how these new technologies will alter one of our most central institutions. He considers the different ways in which people will not only electronically read and write, but also interact with our vast storehouses of legal knowledge and information. He envisions how sounds and pictures will play into the largely imageless print world of law, and looks at the future importance of graphic and nontextual communication. He explores how the flexible, personalized organization of data will transform the way we gather information, and whether information can or cannot be contained, raising questions of copyright and privacy. What happens to the law when information is more plentiful and accessible? What happens to those people who suddenly have access to information never before available? Does the use of information in a new form change the institution, the user, and those who come in contact with the user? And, what role does the lawyer play in all of this? For citizens, for lawyers, for all those who will be part of the digital world rushing toward us, Katsh answers these questions while considering the implications of this new era.
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This is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in the law. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading legal scholars, judges, and legal commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework.
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(Highly publicized legal cases, such as those involving li...)
Highly publicized legal cases, such as those involving libel verdicts, obscenity prosecutions, the First Amendment, and other areas of media law have focused attention on only one part of the media's impact on law. This study, the first to explore the broad influence of computers and television on the future of the legal process, explains the critical role of information and argues that the influence of the new modes of communication can be seen in changes occurring in many areas of the law. These areas include the goals and purposes of law, the doctrines and rules of law, the processes law uses to settle disputes and shape behavior, the legal profession, and the values and concepts that underlie our system of law.
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This book provides a state-of-the-art overview and assessment of the status quo and future of the Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) field. International, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches have been utilized. Written by leading ODR scholars, the first part of the book includes an in-depth assessment of ODR, its applications, and its future in a comparative and analytical context. The second section offers a regional oriented approach, where the prospects, challenges, and success of ODR - and its applications in the North America, Latin America, Africa, Australia, Europe, and Asia - are mapped and fully addressed. The book is a must read text by scholars, practitioners, academics, and researchers in the dispute resolution and information technology field.
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(This debate-style reader is designed to introduce student...)
This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in the law. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading legal scholars, judges, and legal commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and are staged as "pro" and "con" debates. Issues debated include the operation of legal institutions; law and social values; and law and crime.
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(Presents current controversial issues in a debate-style f...)
Presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. This book focuses on a series of controversial issues involving law and the legal system. Law is based on an adversary approach to conflict resolution, in which two advocates representing opposing sides are pitted against each other. Judicial decisions often contain both majority and dissenting opinions, which reveal some of the arguments that went on in the judges' chambers. Since many of the issues in Taking Sides are often in the news, you probably already have opinions on them. What you should remember, however, is that there is usually more to learn about any given issue, and the topics discussed here are best approached with an open mind. Cover such topics as - Should plea bargaining be abolished? Is abortion protected by the constitution? Is hate speech fully protected by the constitution? Should the death penalty be abolished? Can states restrict the right to die? And much more.
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Communications Computer law educator
Katsh, M. Ethan was born on September 3, 1945 in New York City. Son of Abraham Isaac and Estelle (Wachtell) Katsh.
Bachelor, New York University, 1967. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1970.
Bar: New York 1970. Assistant professor legal studies U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970-1976, associate professor, 1977-1988, professor, 1988, director legal studies program, 1975-1977, chair legal studies department,1993-1994. Director Center Information Technology and Dispute Resolution, 1997.
(An essential tool for dispute resolution professionals as...)
(Highly publicized legal cases, such as those involving li...)
(Presents current controversial issues in a debate-style f...)
(This book provides a state-of-the-art overview and assess...)
(This updated eleventh edition of Taking Sides: Legal Issu...)
(This is a debate-style reader designed to introduce stude...)
(This debate-style reader is designed to introduce student...)
(The world of law is a world of information. Rules, judgme...)
Chair Europe online dispute resolution expert group United Nations Economic Commission, since 2002. Co-founder University Massachusetts Mediation Project, 1980. Founder, director Online Ombuds Office, since 1996.
Married Beverly Schwartz. Children: Rebecca, Gabriel, Gideon.