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The Illusion Of Transformative Conflict Resolution: Mediating Domestic Violence In Nicaragua, Leticia M. Saucedo, Raquel Aldana

Leticia M. Saucedo

In this article, we examine the implementation of mediation in domestic violence cases in Nicaragua as a case study of the transnational movement of alternative conflict resolution through rule-of-law reforms across the world. Unlike scholarship about mediation in the United States, the effects of mediation’s global implementation are undertheorized. This article examines the importation of U.S. style mediation and its implementation in domestic violence situations in developing countries such as Nicaragua where traditional legal systems are weaker than those institutionalized in the United States. In particular, we evaluate mediation as applied in Mulukukú, an isolated community in the rural north …