- Yes, the eJustice Centre works in Portuguese or English (most cases will very likely be brought in English, though); the rules of arbitration will follow the UNCITRAL Model Law as adapted for specific use within Second Life. You can get the overall regulations of the eJustice Centre here: http://www.ejusticecentre.mj.pt/ficheiros/Regulamento_Arbitragem_v3_26072007.pdf

- This is not a “court” so there is not really “enforcement”. Both parties have to consent to a neutral mediator first and deposit an escrow with the Centre. If the mediation doesn’t work, the next step is arbitration by a panel of independent judges; they will then assign the winner of the case the amount held in escrow by both parties (minus a small fee, that helps to pay for the sim)

- It’s open to all avatars really, and you don’t need to supply RL data. There is no point; we’re not talking about “judging crimes” after all, and even if very large amounts of money are involved (say, like on the Ginko/WSE fiascos), the judges at the eJustice Centre might decline to mediate the case and refer to RL courts instead. No, this is mostly thought for small cases (”small” being: under €5000 or less than two million L$ :) )

- The eJustice Centre is planned only to mediate issues related to commerce and service contracts in SL. RL cases, or SL cases outside commerce & contracts (example: issues about hate speech, violation of privacy, libel and defamation) are outside its scope — although I can very well imagine that the people working there will at least try to calm avatars down and provide some advice :)

- I can very well imagine that “old” cases (SL cases in this fact) can, in theory, be reviewed here. Alternative Dispute Resolution (which is what the eJustice Centre provides) usually are pretty much independent on a Code of Laws. It’s much more getting the two parties together and try to apply common sense to find a compromise between both :)

I hope that helps!

Veyron: Hmm. Probably mistaken because of the dutch word ‘arbitrage’. Well, I do shop, that has smth to do with finances, right? ;)

Arbitrage is a French derived word which in English is a semi-derisive term in the financial world of taking advantage of a price differential between two or more markets. I did see that the root source of the word is for arbitration. People who do arbitrage are usually considered to be in the lower levels of the financial world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrage

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