Mediation and Justice [Hardcover]

Introduction

1. Justice

2. The Rise of Mediation

3. The Crisis in Civil Justice

4. Social Justice and Mediation

5. Mediator Influence

6. Confidentiality

7. Bias in Mediation

8. Voluntary Mediation?

9. Fairness: A Mediation Value?

10. Online Dispute Resolution and Justice

11. Concluding Thoughts

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This book asks why justice is important to both individuals and to society as a whole. A number of justice questions are raised to evaluate whether mediation can deliver social, distributive, procedural or substantive justice and fairness. The book will?be useful to researchers in the field of conflict resolution, law, and social science.

This book asks why justice is important to both individuals and to society as a whole. A number of justice questions are raised to evaluate whether mediation can deliver social, distributive, procedural, or substantive justice and fairness.

Focussing on a scrutiny of mediation in the context of justice, the book covers social justice and justice issues posed by confidentiality, bias, lack of fairness, and Online Dispute Resolution. Discussing whether mediation can truly deliver justice to all, this book identifies areas where this fails and provides solutions and suggestions for improvement.. The dangers of private justice, bias, mandatory mediation, and the side lining of the importance of fairness in the resolution of disputes are all considered. In contrast, the positive aspects of mediation are added to the balance.

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