Mark Weidemaier is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research explores the myriad ways in which litigants, lawyers, and other private actors shape dispute resolution systems. Much of his work to date has focused on arbitration. For example, past projects have explored the impact of standardization on dispute resolution terms and the role of intermediaries, including arbitrators and arbitral institutions, in influencing arbitration contracts and procedure. Current projects examine the use and creation of precedent in arbitration and the use of formally unenforceable dispute resolution terms to overcome barriers posed by sovereign immunity.
Articles
Disputing Boilerplate, Temple Law Review (2009)
Sovereign bond contracts are thought to consist mostly of boilerplate. That is, except for a...
From Court-Surrogate to Regulatory Tool: Re-Framing the Empirical Study of Employment Arbitration, Michigan Jounal of Law Reform (2008)
A growing body of empirical research explores the use of arbitration to resolve employment disputes.,...