Computer/Law Institute

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

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D.N. Walton
mr dr A.R. Lodder

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What Role can Rational Argument Play in ADR and Online Dispute Resolution?

D.N. Walton and A.R. Lodder, In Second International ODR workshop (odrworkshop.info), IAAIL workshop series, pages 69-76, Tilburg, 2005. Wolf Legal Publishers.

The literature on alternative dispute resolution

tends to be dominated by the negotiation model

of argumentation. This bargaining argumentation

style differs from the argumentation models

developed in AI & Law. In recent years several

researchers acknowledged the value of argumentation

theory for ODR. This paper focuses on

an alternative model to supplement that of mere

negotiation, namely a formal property of rational

argumentation. To that end a formal

model of dialogue that represents a high standard

of rationality is put forward, discussed and

analysed.