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Justicia Restaurativa Y Mediación Comunitaria. Emergencia De Un Nuevo Paradigma De Impartición De Justicia, Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes, Diana Leticia Serrano Andrés
Justicia Restaurativa Y Mediación Comunitaria. Emergencia De Un Nuevo Paradigma De Impartición De Justicia, Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes, Diana Leticia Serrano Andrés
Teresa M. G. Da Cunha Lopes
Restorative justice is a systemic response to crime that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by the criminal behavior . The new paradigm called "Restorative Justice" has had significant impact, as it meant to be the answer to many victims seeking a prompt impartation of justice , fair and efficient, In addition , the victims to feel heard and participate in the process aimed at healing. The term "Restorative Justice" was first coined in 1977 by Albert Eglash that distinguished three types of criminal justice: retributive, distributive and restorative. In this article we analyze the emergence of a new paradigm, and …
Beit Din's Gap-Filling Function: Using Beit Din To Protect Your Client, Michael A. Helfand
Beit Din's Gap-Filling Function: Using Beit Din To Protect Your Client, Michael A. Helfand
Michael A Helfand
This article considers how rabbinical courts play an important gap-filling role by providing parties with a forum to adjudicate a subset of religious disputes that could not be resolved in court. Under current constitutional doctrine, civil courts cannot adjudicate disputes that turn on religious doctrine and practice. By contrast, rabbinical courts can resolve such disputes--and the decisions of rabbinical courts can then be enforced by civil courts even as those same civil courts could not resolve the dispute in the first instance. In this way, rabbinical courts--like other religious arbitration tribunals--fill a void created by constitutional law, ensuring that parties …
A Review Of The Proposed Amendments To Be Made To S 216a Of The Companies Act, Linus Koh
A Review Of The Proposed Amendments To Be Made To S 216a Of The Companies Act, Linus Koh
Linus Koh
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Confidentiality's Constitutionality: The Incursion On Judicial Powers To Regulate Parties In Court-Connected Mediation, Maureen A. Weston Prof.
Confidentiality's Constitutionality: The Incursion On Judicial Powers To Regulate Parties In Court-Connected Mediation, Maureen A. Weston Prof.
Maureen A Weston
This Article explores the interplay between mediation confidentiality legislation and judicial powers to regulate participant conduct in the pretrial process. Part II describes the role of the court in monitoring parties' conduct in distinct settlement-related processes, such as private settlement negotiations, judicial settlement conferences, court-connected arbitration, and court-connected mediation, as well as the corresponding but varied confidentiality protection accorded these processes. Part III examines judicial decisions analyzing the tension between mediation confidentiality and judicial power to monitor and sanction misconduct in a settlement or court-connected mediation setting, specifically comparing the approach used by the California Supreme Court in Foxgate Homeowners’ …