TEACHING COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES IN MEDIATION: SOME PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS

From: St. John's Law Review | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Nolan-Haley, Jacqueline | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

Mediation is no longer the stepchild of international dispute resolution practice. Scholars and practitioners recognize its enormous potential as a confidential, cost-saving, time-saving, relationship-enhancing process that gives control over disputes to the affected parties and often results in greater levels of satisfaction than litigation. Whether its appeal has peaked because of growing disenchantment with commercial arbitration or the perception that international arb...

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