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1984

University of Missouri School of Law

Dispute

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Rhetoric And Reality In The Dispute Settlement Movement, Frederick E. Snyder Jan 1984

Rhetoric And Reality In The Dispute Settlement Movement, Frederick E. Snyder

Journal of Dispute Resolution

Efforts to demystify and simplify the way disputes are settled in American society seem to have congealed into a nationwide movement within less than a decade: neighborhood justice centers, arbitration, divorce mediation, no-fault auto insurance, do-it-yourself probate, "plain English" land and rental agreements, government ombudsmen, consumer hot lines, community mediation of minor criminal cases. A growth industry, if there ever was one


Guideposts For An Institutional Framework Of Consensual Dispute Processing, John S. Murray Jan 1984

Guideposts For An Institutional Framework Of Consensual Dispute Processing, John S. Murray

Journal of Dispute Resolution

The purpose of this Article is to outline a set of characteristics which can serve as initial guideposts for the eventual development of a framework for a comprehensive institution to assist disputing parties in more effectively resolving their conflicts. Consensual dispute processing appears to be at the point in its growth where it needs to be liberated from its present "alternatives" status and allowed to mature as a separate, full-fledged institution.