The e-Justice Centre, sponsored by Portugal’s Ministry of Justice, now offers arbitration and mediation for all Second Life users (avatars). The government program, which kicked off on July 30th, offers arbitration and mediation rules that guide the resolution of business disputes conjured up in the 3-D virtual world called Second Life.
Second Life business disputes arise from the buying and selling of virtual real estate and merchandise. During the first half of 2007, Second Life users carried out $38.7 million worth of transactions.
The government of Portugal was motivated to create this Internet-based dispute resolution program so as to promote alternative means of resolving disputes. João Tiago Silveira, secretary of state for justice, notes in a Bloomberg.com article, that there are an excessive number of cases in the Portuguese courts. The country hopes that arbitrating and mediating Second Life disputes will raise awareness of its real-world ADR programs.
Settling disputes with ADR is advantageous because of the cost and time savings as compared to resolution through the courts. While there are many arbitration administrators that operate under various rules, procedures and policies, the National Arbitration Forum rules require that arbitrators follow the substantive law. This produces known standards and predictable awards.
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As SL'ang Life Magazine, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the special event, a presentation of Portuguese Second Life Community. Our aim is to present the most interesting activities of Portuguese Residents and join the celebrations of the Portuguese Communities Day (June 10th). SL'ang Life magazine strives to actively participate in promoting initiatives leading to the creation of a community in SL. Thus, we offer space on our island and on pages of our magazine to present local activities to new public. A transcript of all presentations will be available at SL'ang Life magazine’s website, and a report from the meetings will be printed in our magazine. Such events are a chance to start a cooperation and to learn about similar projects from all over the world.
We would like to thank Ibrahim Bates, member of Portuguese Community, writer, our reader and most of all our friend, without whom this event would not be possible
Please, join us as we welcome Portuguese Community to SL'ang Life.
Kind regards,
SL'ang Life Team
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Portuguese Community presentation schedule:
http://slanglife.com/center/events/?id=319
Day 1 (June 5th)
~ exhibitions openings ~
Day 2 (June 6th)
~ Welcome party ~
Day 3 (June 7th)
~ Portuguese university researchers in SL ~
Day 4 (June 8th)
~ Portuguese creators presentations ~
Day 5 (June 9th)
~ Portuguese sims presentation ~
Day 6 (June 10th)
~ Portuguese Community Day ~
During the whole event you are welcome to vist the info kiosk area in the southwest part of the island, displaying Portuguese Residentsts' activities.
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