ERC Research Project on Judicial Conflict Resolution (JCR)
In January 2016, Prof. Michal Alberstein embarked on a five- year research project sponsored by the European Research Council.
The research
Empirically, JCR will study judicial activity in promoting settlements comparatively (in Israel, Italy and the UK), from a quantitative and qualitative perspective, by using statistical analysis, in-depth interviews, mapping and framing legal resources, court observations and narrative analysis.
Theoretically, JCR will develop a conflict resolution jurisprudence, which prioritizes consent over coercion as a leading value for the administration of justice.
Prescriptively, we will inspire to improve judicial work of settlement and to collaboratively develop training workshop and responsive regulation on this matter.
Primary Investigator: Prof. Michal Alberstein
Project Director: Dr. Nourit Zimerman
Email: erc.jcr@biu.ac.il
Tel: 03-7384262
Since the induction of the project, judges, students, colleagues and friends have been invited to engage in our circles of dialogue on research themes and goals. Below is the list of ERC-JCR circles of dialogue this semester:
- The Vanishing Trial: An Examination of Trials and Related Matters in Federal and State Courts 16.11.15
Presenter: ERC research coordinator Dr. Nourit Zimerman
Respondent: Prof. Nadav Davidovitch, on combining qualitative and quantitative methodologies, known as mixed methods.
- Observations in Courtrooms: Empirical Challenges 30.11.15
Dr. Michal Rom: Theory and practice of qualitative observations
Professor Michal Alberstein: Reflections on current project and lessons from previous observations by the mediation clinic
Dr. Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg: Experimental observations in criminal justice in courtrooms
- The challenge of Regulation in Reference to Judges’ Activities 21.12.15
Professor Oren Perez, Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University
Respondent: Mr. Tamir Gaziel and Dr. Nourit Zimerman, ERC.JCR Research Coordinator .
- Narratives of Adjudication and Settlement 04.01.16
Professor Shulamit Almog , Faculty of Law, Haifa University, “Generative Judicial Narratives in the Odyssey and the Oresteia”
Judge Dori Spivak , Tel Aviv Labor Court ,The Art of Settlement and Law from the Judge’s Perspective
Professor Michal Alberstein, "Judicial Discretion Between Conflict and Legal Considerations, and the Art of Reconstructions”
- Autonomy, right enforcement and settlement: reflections from England and Wales 21.03.16
Presenter: Dr. Rabeea Assy, Haifa University
Respondent: Dr. Hanan Mandel, Ono Academic College
- Compromise in Jewish Law and the Role of the Dayan 11.04.16
Presenter: Professor Suzanne Stone, Cardozo Law School
Respondent: Dayan Daniel Mann, Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
- The Possibility of Evidence Based Criminal Justice 9.5.16
Presenter: Prof. David Weisburd, Hebrew University
Respondent: Dr. Daniella Beinisch, founder of Community Courts in Israel, JDC Ashalim Israel
- Settlement Culture In The Courtroom - New Projects And Ethical Aspects 30.5.16
Presenter: Hon. Judge Noa Grossman, Tel Aviv Shalom Court
Respondent: Dr. Omer Shapira, Ono Academic College
Conflict Management and Negotiation Program
Bar-Ilan University
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Judicial Conflict Resolution (JCR) Research Team