Mediation - A Necessary Element in Family Dispute Resolution?: A Comparative Study of the Australian Model of Alternative Dispute Resolution for Famil (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783631467657)

Mediation as a method of alternative dispute resolution is gaining increased attention in a growing number of legal areas. In Australian law family counselling was developed to deal with issues related to family disputes. It is brought in prior to court settlement of disputes and thus integrated into the system of conflict resolution. The characteristics and use of alternative dispute resolution call into question the role of the court as the sole forum for institutionalised conflict resolution. For this reason the transferability of the concept of mediation into the German legal system needs to be examined. In particular, it needs to be measured against the yardstick of the German Constitution, which by granting basic substantive and procedural rights, sets out the demands a modern state of law makes on a method of conflict resolution.

Author: Heike Stintzing
ISBN-10: 3631467656
ISBN-13: 9783631467657
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1994
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback