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Mediation And The Myth Of Universality, Nadja Alexander
Mediation And The Myth Of Universality, Nadja Alexander
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In his essay entitled ‘Mediation: Pfade zum Frieden’, Professor Montada has made an important contribution to the mediation literature. He questions the universality of the standard mediation model that appears to be sweeping the world with enormous zeal and in doing so puts forward theories and principles to substantiate his view. To a large extent I agree with what the author has to say about the scope and potential for mediation. In particular I support his view that professional mediators need to be made aware of the cultural limitations of the model in which they are trained. As I write …