[WikiEN-l] How many Arbitrators should we have?

Thu Oct 6 15:07:12 UTC 2005

Ryan Delaney wrote:

>Kelly Martin wrote:
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>>I would prefer to keep the ArbCom at its current size (or close to
>>it) and establish lower courts to filter off the relatively easy
>>stuff and to organize the cases into a form so that when they do
>>appeal the ArbCom doesn't have to waste as much time marshalling
>>the case.
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>>A few Arbitration Assistants would not be remiss, either.
>>
>>Kelly
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>I really like this idea. It seems to work pretty well in the U.S.
>courts: The higher court would simply refuse to hear the appealed case
>unless they think something went /procedurally/ wrong in the lower
>court. This would give us near-infinite scalability while still
>maintaining accountability for the higher "judges" if you will. There
>aren't really any drawbacks either. I would be in favor of creating a
>proposed policy to this end.
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Appelate courts also do not permit new evidence to be brought forth.  
They judge on points of law rather than facts.  It would be up to the 
lower ranking tribunal to sort through the mass of irrelevant material 
that is often raised.

Ec