All 5 Uses of
arbitration
in
The Magic Mountain
- The main thing is that above the positive law of nation-states there arises a universal law with a higher jurisdiction, which allows disputed questions between parties to be settled by courts of arbitration.
Chpt 6.2arbitration = an official process of solving a disagreement with the help of an impartial referee
- Courts of arbitration—the very idea!
Chpt 6.2 *
- A bourgeois court of arbitration that decides questions of life and death, ascertains God's will, and ordains the course of history.
Chpt 6.2
- Courts of arbitration are goody-goody nonsense, of course.
Chpt 6.2
- Frivolous conflicts multiplied throughout the Berghof, with recriminations exchanged right in front of the authorities, who attempted to arbitrate but could themselves lapse into bellowing abuse with frightful ease.
Chpt 7.9arbitrate = act as an impartial judge
Definition:
the process of solving a disagreement with the help of an impartial referee