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Divorce Involving Domestic Violence: Is Med-Arb Likely To Be The Solution?, Dafna Lavi
Divorce Involving Domestic Violence: Is Med-Arb Likely To Be The Solution?, Dafna Lavi
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
After an introduction in chapter one, the second chapter of this article presents statistics regarding the phenomenon of domestic violence and presents the definition of “violence” (with its attendant difficulties). The third chapter presents the existing problems regarding the judicial handling of divorce cases in general and those involving violence in particular. The fourth chapter analyzes the academic discourse regarding the issue of mediation of divorce cases involving violence (the position of the proponents and the opponents, as well as the problems of the current situation). The fifth chapter proposes med-arb as addressing the issue of divorce mediation in the …
Facilitating Forgiveness And Reconciliation In “Good Enough” Marriages, Solangel Maldonado
Facilitating Forgiveness And Reconciliation In “Good Enough” Marriages, Solangel Maldonado
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
The article offers information on the long-term effects of divorce on children and parents under the analysis of the social science literatures. It informs that the U.S. Courts should encourage reconciliation between low-discord parents which in turn would help to save their marriage and protect their children from negative psychological effects of their divorce.