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Confidentiality In Mediation: Status And Implications, Kent L. Brown
Confidentiality In Mediation: Status And Implications, Kent L. Brown
Journal of Dispute Resolution
Mediation is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to formal adjudication. Large mediation programs handling huge numbers of both civil and criminal cases have sprung up in several of the largest cities in the nation. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, when the police write a citation, they often write "mediation" in place of a dollar amount.' The mediation program in Columbus, Ohio, handled over 9,000 cases in a one year period.2 Of those 9,000 cases, 500 ultimately resulted in criminal charges, 3 and twelve resulted in one of the disputants murdering the other.4
Avoiding Farm Foreclosure Through Mediation Of Agricultural Loan Disputes: An Overview Of State And Federal Legislation, Donna L. Malter
Avoiding Farm Foreclosure Through Mediation Of Agricultural Loan Disputes: An Overview Of State And Federal Legislation, Donna L. Malter
Journal of Dispute Resolution
The use of credit played a major role in the growth of agricultural productivity in the United States.' In recent years, however, the financial distress faced by farmers resulted in a record number of farm foreclosures and bank closures in agricultural states. 2 Farm losses are concentrated in the mid-size farms, indicating that the owner-operated farm has been hit the hardest.3 The attendant social and economic turmoil faced by families and communities dependant on agriculture focused attention on the responsibility of federal and state government in preventing further losses within the families and communities that comprise the agricultural sector.
Promise And Problems In Divorce Mediation, Steven T. Knuppel
Promise And Problems In Divorce Mediation, Steven T. Knuppel
Journal of Dispute Resolution
In the past two decades, mediation in general has gained increasing acceptance in the legal community.' "[T]he search for alternative methods of resolving disputes has burgeoned to 'a movement'."2 In the divorce context, particularly, mediation has been seen by some as a more suitable process than the adversary system. 3 Proponents of mediation assert that the adversary system involves debilitating expense, frustrating delay, 4 and fails to address the emotional needs of the parties.5 Adversarial tactics often aggravate rather than resolve spousal differences, 6 though an amicable settlement might be in the best interests of both parties, especially when there …