{"title":"The devil is in the details: An analysis of the criteria for adequate reasoning in arbitral awards in Jordan","authors":"Tariq K. Alhasan","doi":"10.1002/crq.21412","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21412","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Arbitration has become a popular method for resolving disputes in Jordan due to its flexibility, confidentiality, and efficiency. However, the validity of an arbitration award depends on several factors, including the adequacy of the award's reasoning. This case report from Jordan highlights the importance of adequate reasoning in arbitral awards and the consequences of its absence. The report analyzes a recent court ruling that annulled an arbitration award due to the lack of reasoning and examines the criteria that arbitration jurisprudence has set for appropriate reasoning. The report concludes that an arbitration award without adequate reasoning is tainted by a flaw where the reasoning behind a decision is not provided or is insufficient, leading to its invalidity/annulment.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135199062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Arazeem Abdullahi, Olagunju Rafia Abidemi, Anathi Ntozini
{"title":"Drug addiction and marital conflicts: Exploring the experiences of drug-addicted wives in Abuja, Nigeria","authors":"Ali Arazeem Abdullahi, Olagunju Rafia Abidemi, Anathi Ntozini","doi":"10.1002/crq.21410","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21410","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent studies have shown that women now abuse drugs as much as men. Women even abuse certain kinds of drugs more than men. There is strong evidence that some married women also engage in drug abuse. However, few studies have explored the experiences of drug addicted wives in Nigeria in relation to marital conflicts. In this study, the experiences of drug addicted wives were explored in relation to marital conflicts in Nigeria using a phenomenological research design. A total of 18 married women participated in the study. They were purposively selected from a socially disadvantaged neighborhood of Batcher Estate, Gwarinpa, Abuja, Nigeria. In-depth interviews (IDI) were used to collect data from the participants. Data were analyzed using content analysis. Two major conclusions were drawn from the study. Drug addiction may cause marital conflicts and vice versa. However, wives abusing drugs without the consent of partners or husbands were more likely to report marital conflicts than those abusing drugs with their partners' consent. Two groups of drug abusers were also discovered: those who were initiated into drug abuse/addiction prior to marriage and those who started taking drugs after marriage. Factors influencing drug abuse/addiction were complex and comprised a combination of psycho-social and environmental issues. Access to substance-use disorder (SUD) treatment was, however, impeded by poor knowledge, stigma and shame. Improved access to treatment is an important asset in minimizing drug abuse among married women and its impact on marital conflicts.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135864990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating the emotional landscape of mediation: An exploration of the role of emotions in conflict resolution and the strategies for effective management","authors":"Mnotho Thamsanqa Ngcobo","doi":"10.1002/crq.21409","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21409","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper explores the role of emotions in conflict resolution, explicitly focusing on mediation. Emotions are an inherent aspect of conflict and can significantly impact the negotiation process. Understanding the emotional landscape of mediation is crucial for effective conflict management. This paper discusses the various emotions that arise during mediation, the strategies for effective emotional control, and the role of the mediator in navigating the emotional terrain of the negotiation process.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21409","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50921035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses in engineering contracts: A Jordanian legal perspective","authors":"Tariq K. Alhasan, Ahmed M. Al-Hawamdeh","doi":"10.1002/crq.21407","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21407","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study delves into the intricacies of the multi-tier dispute resolution clause in engineering contracts, particularly within the Jordanian legal system. The multi-tier dispute resolution clause has evolved from a traditional arbitration clause into a more comprehensive approach, reflecting the complexities of modern contractual relationships. The study employs a doctrinal or library-based methodology involving a comprehensive review of relevant legal texts, statutes, regulations, and case law. The multi-tier dispute resolution clause is defined as a contractual clause that stipulates the existence of different stages, each involving separate procedures, to address disputes and seek to resolve them. The study also examines the mandatory nature of the multi-tier dispute resolution clause and the procedural defense based on an arbitration clause. The study concludes that following the sequence outlined, the multi-tier dispute resolution clause should be binding. This necessitates the Jordanian legislator's intervention to establish a legislative framework that empowers decisions made by the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) or Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board (DAAB) to achieve the goals of multi-tiered dispute resolution clause. It also calls for an amendment to Article (109) of the Civil Procedure Law, allowing procedural defense based on the Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clause, not limiting it to the arbitration clause, even if arbitration is not one of its tiers. This power should also extend to amicable settlements to ensure the proper implementation of the steps under the multi-tiered dispute resolution clause.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46856128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government institutions and persistent communal conflicts in Nigeria","authors":"Adeleke Gbadebo Fatai, Lawal Musediq Olufemi, Lanre-Babalola Folake Olubunmi, Akinpelu Temitope Oluwakemi","doi":"10.1002/crq.21406","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21406","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Against the backdrop of scholarship on the internal causes of conflicts, this study examined how government institutions externally fuel persistent communal conflicts (PCC) in Nigeria. With multiple methods and triangulation of sampling techniques, we examined 12 pairs of warring communities, 4464 respondents, and 18 key interviewees. The causes of PCC were misapplication of constitutional/legal instruments and biased enforcement administration that favored one community over the other. Through matrix correlation, institutions like constitution and legal mechanisms, peace-building mechanisms, and the enforcement agents' roles fuelled PCC among the warring communities. This correlation has a negative relationship that led to the people's loss of confidence in the umpires, vengeance, jungle justice and intolerance among the warring communities. We concluded that these institutional lapses created a class of disadvantaged and aggressive victims who have become intolerant of other communities. There is a need to sanitize governmental institutions to treat communal disputes with justice and fairness.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48200183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziv Gilad, Michal Raz-Rotem, Amikam Harpaz, Haim Omer
{"title":"Implementing a constructive struggle approach: Insights from a training program for security forces prior to executing a government evacuation policy in the context of a protracted conflict","authors":"Ziv Gilad, Michal Raz-Rotem, Amikam Harpaz, Haim Omer","doi":"10.1002/crq.21404","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21404","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article describes the contribution and insights of adopting practices that support a strategy of non-violent resistance, and a constructive conflict approach (constructive struggle) that endeavors to minimize physical and psychological harm, and prevent escalation that leads to destructive conflict. It describes the exposure of security forces to such practices in the context of the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The article demonstrates how interactions attended by high tensions and resistance can be conducted constructively, in contrast with similar situations in the past, when use of force and authority was considered legitimate, even though it frequently resulted in worsened relations between the sides to the conflict. Specifically, the article focuses on the case of a training program that was created for the evacuating forces prior to implementation of the Disengagement Plan. It also describes insights on the complex interactions between the sides (security forces versus settlers), with emphasis on the tools that helped them successfully execute their task, and prevent escalation of the conflict.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/crq.21404","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49459689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor's foreword to Special Issue on The Promise of Moral Examplars for Conflict Resolution and Intergroup Reconciliation","authors":"Helena Desivilya Syna","doi":"10.1002/crq.21405","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21405","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47342872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Erik Bojerud, Ramina Younadam, Sabina Čehajić-Clancy
{"title":"Testing a moral exemplar intervention in a non-conflict context: The effects of moral exemplars on key dimensions of outgroup evaluations","authors":"Erik Bojerud, Ramina Younadam, Sabina Čehajić-Clancy","doi":"10.1002/crq.21403","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21403","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Moral exemplar interventions have been shown to increase many positive intergroup outcomes, including perceptions of outgroup morality. However, existing research on moral exemplar interventions has only been conducted in post-conflict contexts. This study investigates the effects of a moral exemplar intervention on outgroup evaluations in a non-conflict context. By examining the effects on three key dimensions of outgroup evaluations (morality, sociability, and competence) in Sweden, we aim to extend the generalizability of moral exemplar interventions. An online experiment was conducted with self-identified Swedes (<i>N</i> = 193) to explore the effects of outgroup (Middle Eastern) moral versus neutral exemplars. Results indicate that moral exemplar stories increased perceptions of outgroup morality while not significantly affecting perceived outgroup competence or sociability. These findings support the hypothesis that moral exemplars influence a specific positive dimension of outgroup evaluations, namely perceptions of morality, rather than any positive dimension such as sociability or competence. The present study also gives tentative support for the applicability of moral exemplar interventions in contexts and settings with no recent history of collective violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49009819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relational transformation or resolution only? A quantitative analysis of mediator and disputant behaviors, and mediation outcome","authors":"Toshiyasu Tsuruhara, Hilary Cremin","doi":"10.1002/crq.21402","DOIUrl":"10.1002/crq.21402","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research quantitatively investigated the behaviors observed in mediation. We coded 16 mediation sessions recorded at a secondary school in the United Kingdom as relational transformation or resolution only and examined if the frequencies of the behaviors were significantly different between these two categories. We also investigated how the characteristics of their behaviors were correlated. Results indicated that the frequencies of the mediator's empathetic and the disputant's open, expansive, and defiant behaviors were significantly different between the two categories. Our findings also suggested several positive correlations between the behaviors, including the disputant's open and expansive, open and the mediator's empathetic, expansive and the mediator's eliciting, and negative between open and the mediator's directive, and defiant and the mediator's eliciting behaviors. Our findings mostly supported what has been widely discussed among the mediation researchers and practitioners—active listening, empathy, and impartiality, but also found a mutually enhancing relationship between the disputant's open and expansive behaviors. For relational transformation, we argue that the mediator should demonstrate empathy to help the disputant's open expression while asking eliciting questions to encourage their mutual acknowledgment and preclude defiance.</p>","PeriodicalId":39736,"journal":{"name":"Conflict Resolution Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46950618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}