Sessions of IRC (International Research Collaborative) on Comparative Disputing
Behavior At the International Socio-Legal Conference in Berlin (July 25-28, 2007)

Featured Session

New Insights on Disputing Behavior - Comparative Perspectives
(Co-Chairs: Masayuki Murayama, Herbert Kritzer)

Name	Title	Country
Bert Niemeijer*	Varieties in Disputing Behavior in Different Countries: Explanatory Strategies and Methodological Pitfalls	Netherlands
Masayuki Murayama**	Value Attitudes, Problems Experience and Disputing Behavior	Japan
Herbert Kritzer***	Litigation in the News	US
Hazel Genn (Discussant)	Significance of Survey Research for Policy Making	UK
Erhard Blankenburg (Dis)	Theoretical Implications of Comparative Research Results	Netherlands

*With Marijke ter Voert　　**With Yoshiyuki Matsumura　　***With Robert Drechsel

Public Attitudes toward Advice Providers and the Court (Chair: Albert Currie)

Name	Title	Country
Miek Laemers	Popular Perceptions, Experiences and Opinions and the Administration of Justice	Netherlands
Albert Klijn	Public Opinion about Sentencing and the Dutch Judiciary: A Gap to Bridge	Netherlands
Manako Kinoshita	The Attitudes of Japanese People toward the Court	Japan
Masaki Abe et al.	Citizens' Experience of Legal Advice Providers: Needs, Satisfaction and Effectiveness of Third-Party Advice Providers for Ordinary Legal Problems in Contemporary Japan	Japan
Jose Juan Toharia	Discussant	Spain

Comparing Roles of Lawyers and Litigation in Disputing Process (Chair: Jacek Kurczewski)

Name	Title	Country
Manuel A. Gomez	All in the Family: The Influence of Social Networks on Procedural Preferences [A Case Study of a Developing Country	Venezuela
Daniel Foote et al.	Behavior, Decision-Making and Evaluation of Japanese Civil Litigants and Their Lawyers	Japan
A. Bushimata & T. Niki	Mobilizing Lawyers in Japanese Social Context: For What?	Japan
Michael Adler	Can self-representation in tribunals be made to work?	UK
Carl Baar	Discussant	Canada

Comparing Access to Justice in Canada, Brazil and Japan (Chair: Bert Niemeijer)

Name	Title	Country
Alexandre Veronese	Court-Based Access to Justice Project in Brazil: Between Social Work and Legal Service	Brazil
Maria Tereza Sadek	Access to Justice: Small Claims Courts in Brazil	Brazil
Albert Currie	The Incidence and Patterns of Justiciable Problems in Canada	Canada
Iwao Sato et al.	Citizens' Access to Legal Advice: Self Help, Negotiation and Third-Party Advice Seeking for Ordinary Legal Problems in Contemporary Japan	Japan

Varieties of Disputing Behavior and Their Determinants (Chair: Helen Hartnell)

Name	Title	Country
Rebecca L. Sandefur	Rank, Resource, and Resourcefulness: Socioeconomic Differences in Responses to Justiciable Problems	US
Ryo Hamano	Advice Seeking Behavior of Civil Disputants in Japan	Japan
Keiichi Ageishi	Land and House Problem and Dsiputing Behavior in Japan	Japan
Malgorzata Fuszara	Social Role of Notorious Litigants	Poland
Helen Hartnell	Discussant	Germany

International Business Disputes and ADR (Chair: Yves Dezalay)

Name	Title	Country
Jose A. F. Costa	Arbitrator profiles and the discourse of ICSID awards	Brazil
Silvia Beccio	The Role of Arbitration in International Commercial Trade: A Socio-Legal Analysis	Italy
Luigi Cominellli	Disputing and Settling in the World Trade Organization	Italy

Disputing Behavior and Socio-Political Changes (Chair: Masayuki Murayama )

Name	Title	Country
Jacek Kurczewski	The Use of Courts in Communist Poland and After	Poland
Jolan Hsieh	Indiginous Wisdom and Alternative Dispute Resolution - Case Studies in Taiwan	Taiwan
Ichiro Ozaki	Settling Disputes among Neighbors in Contemporary Japan's Society	Canada
Rogelio Perez Perdomo	Discussant	Canada