Process and methods of resolving conflicts or disputes between parties—such as individuals, enterprises, corporations, and governments—through legal, judicial, or alternative mechanisms like mediation and arbitration

Court hearing of a dispute in which a doctor refuses to pay his tailor for some unsatisfactory breeches. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802, after G.M. Woodward.

A woman and a man in dispute are brought before a man in authority: the man blames the woman for starting the dispute by calling him a drunkard, while he hides a bottle behind his back. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1824.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 22.2 x 18 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 35.8 x 43.9 cm

The judgment of Solomon: he orders the son of one of two harlots to be cut in two, in order to determine which is the baby's mother. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after B. Picart.

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A woman and a man in dispute are brought before a man in authority: the man blames the woman for starting the dispute by calling him a drunkard, while he hides a bottle behind his back. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1824.

Court hearing of a dispute in which a doctor refuses to pay his tailor for some unsatisfactory breeches. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1802, after G.M. Woodward.

The judgment of Solomon: he orders the son of one of two harlots to be cut in two, in order to determine which is the baby's mother. Engraving by W. van der Gouwen after B. Picart.