Aug 19 2008
Courtroom Shows
Youtube is a great place to find these! In the past few days I have watched several cases. I have seen The People’s Court, Judge Judy, and Judge Mathis…. You’ll see a lot of senseless people in the cases. You’ll see sensible folk too, but they are not as prevalent…. You’ll also see judges perhaps (some(several actually) of the parties in the cases are jerks though)) over react like in the above. Interestingly, thanks to Wikipedia(which is great) I figured out that technically the “Judges” are Arbiters:
“It should be noted that although the show refers to Sheindlin as a judge, neither she nor Petri Hawkins-Byrd is acting as an actual court officer on the show. She is acting as an arbiter, and Byrd is acting as a private security guard.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Judy
Arbitration is:
“Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons (the “arbitrators”, “arbiters” or “arbitral tribunal“), by whose decision (the “award“) they agree to be bound. Arbitration in the United States and in other countries often includes alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a category that more commonly refers to mediation (a form of settlement negotiation facilitated by a neutral third party). It is more helpful, however, simply to classify arbitration as a form of binding dispute resolution, equivalent to litigation in the courts, and entirely distinct from the various forms of non-binding dispute resolution, such as negotiation, mediation, or non-binding determinations by experts. Arbitration is, today, most commonly used for the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly in the context of international commercial transactions.
Arbitration can be either voluntary or mandatory and can be either binding or non-binding.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration
