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Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Dawn Chapman, Carol Creamer, Cynthia Davenport, Tim Gorman Jul 1994

Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Dawn Chapman, Carol Creamer, Cynthia Davenport, Tim Gorman

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Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, a project prepared annually since 1983, is a survey of recent court decisions that interpret state versions of the Uniform Arbitration Act ("U.A.A."). 3 Currently, thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted arbitration statutes patterned after the U.A.A. 4 The purpose of this project is to promote uniformity in interpretation of the U.A.A. by explaining the underlying policies and rationales of recent court decisions.'

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Title Page Jan 1994

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Ethics: No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy: Bush's Contribution To Mediation Practice, Albie M. Davis Jan 1994

Ethics: No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy: Bush's Contribution To Mediation Practice, Albie M. Davis

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The beauty of Robert Baruch Bush's research on ethics is that his conclusions grow out of the real life experiences of mediators.' Yes, his interpretation is influenced by his own biases, and yes, the Florida mediation scene, where he made his observations, is not a microcosm of the rest of the nation or the world; nevertheless, in spite of these limitations, he did a remarkable job of capturing the dilemmas that most mediators face.

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Study Of Ethical Dilemmas And Policy Implications, A, Robert A. Baruch Bush, Jan 1994

Study Of Ethical Dilemmas And Policy Implications, A, Robert A. Baruch Bush,

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This paper is based on research sponsored by the National Institute for Dispute Resolution and by Hofstra University School of Law. The research involved interviews with roughly eighty mediators working in one of the three areas mentioned above. The mediators were asked to identify situations they had experienced in mediation that, in their view, raised difficult ethical dilemmas on which they felt the need for guidance by professional standards and program policy. This report summarizes and illustrates the findings of the research as to the major types of dilemmas practicing mediators are confronted with and analyzes these dilemmas and their …

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Constitutionality Of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: State Sovereignty And Compulsory Negotiations - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe V. South Dakota, The, Joel P. Brous Jan 1994

Constitutionality Of The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: State Sovereignty And Compulsory Negotiations - Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe V. South Dakota, The, Joel P. Brous

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Indian tribes located within states that permit gambling are allowed to license and operate gaming activities on Indian lands2 as long as these activities comply with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act [hereinafter IGRA]. 3 Congress enacted the IGRA to balance tribal autonomy and economic self-sufficiency with the state police power seeking to control tribal gaming operations.4 In Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. South Dakota, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit addressed the constitutionality of the IGRA and held that the IGRA violated neither the Eleventh nor the Tenth Amendments.' This Note examines the split of authority …

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Michigan's Binding Summary Jury Trial: Reward Or Punishment - Farleigh V. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1251, Thomas G. Glick Jan 1994

Michigan's Binding Summary Jury Trial: Reward Or Punishment - Farleigh V. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1251, Thomas G. Glick

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In 1988, the Michigan Supreme Court added the summary jury trial to its arsenal of settlement devices available to trial judges.' Unfortunately, the summary jury trial employed in Farleigh v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1251 failed to meet its goal, and no settlement was reached by the parties.6 Nevertheless, the Michigan Court of Appeals chose to enforce the summary jury verdict,7 thereby drawing into question not only the ability of the summary jury trial to meet the preliminary goal of promoting settlement, but also the larger goal of the accomplishment of justice

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Easier Said Than Done: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas In Policy And Practice, Linda Stamato Jan 1994

Easier Said Than Done: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas In Policy And Practice, Linda Stamato

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This is not to argue against core principles. There is, I think, a consensus on these: responsible and fair dealing, disclosure of personal conflicts, good faith, diligence, impartiality, confidentiality, and, certainly, honesty and integrity. I take these ethical requirements to be the sine qua non of professional mediation practice; the primary representations to be made prior to, and, indeed, to be adhered to in the course of mediation. SPIDR attempted to codify these values in its Ethical Standards of Professional Responsibility, which were adopted by the SPIDR Board in 1986 and confirmed in 1991. What we in mediation practice are …

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Reversal Arbitration Board: An Adr Model For Resolving Intra-Corporate Disputes, The, Rene Stemple Ellis, Geetha Ravindra, Neil Vidmar, Thomas Davis Jan 1994

Reversal Arbitration Board: An Adr Model For Resolving Intra-Corporate Disputes, The, Rene Stemple Ellis, Geetha Ravindra, Neil Vidmar, Thomas Davis

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In this article, we describe the development and implementation of an innovative Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program that uses neutral adjudicators to minimize lawsuits between Toyota Motor Sales, USA and its automobile dealerships. The Toyota Reversal Arbitration Board [hereinafterRAB] has several distinguishing characteristics. First, while many forms of ADR seek to shift the focus of disputes away from formal rules, the Toyota RAB was specifically designed to convey and enforce organizational rules. Second, an aspect of organizational decision making is entrusted to neutral, outside adjudicators trained as specialists in the rules and the context out of which disputes arise. Third, …

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Finding The Parameters: The Scope Of Arbitration Agreements In Medical Service Contracts In California - Pietrelli V. Peacock, Mark Riley Kroeker Jan 1994

Finding The Parameters: The Scope Of Arbitration Agreements In Medical Service Contracts In California - Pietrelli V. Peacock, Mark Riley Kroeker

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There is perhaps no better indicator of the general perception of "crisis" in the American medical system than the lavish attention given President Clinton's health care reform initiatives in the media.2 In the 1970s, the frequency of medical malpractice claims and the cost of malpractice insurance, two sources of this perceived crisis, came into sharp focus.3 Experiencing a decline in profits as a result of increased malpractice litigation, many insurers began refusing to provide coverage or demanding high premium increases.4 This created a problem in malpractice insurance availability to health care providers.5 Health care providers, insurers, and state legislatures responded …

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Good Policy Or Judicial Abdication: When Courts Uphold Arbitral Awards Which Are In Excess Of The Arbitrator's Jurisdiction - Hall V. Superior Court, Sharon E. Schulte Jan 1994

Good Policy Or Judicial Abdication: When Courts Uphold Arbitral Awards Which Are In Excess Of The Arbitrator's Jurisdiction - Hall V. Superior Court, Sharon E. Schulte

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Legislatures and the court system have advanced a strong policy to encourage individuals to arbitrate disputes and avoid the traditional judicial system. 2 In order to promote this policy, it is vital that arbitrators' awards be respected and upheld if at all possible. Consequently, the grounds for review of arbitration awards are limited.' One of the grounds available for vacating an arbitral decision arises when an arbitrator exceeds his or her jurisdiction by purporting to decide issues not submitted by the parties for arbitral determination. 4 This Note discusses the potential consequences to the overall policy goals of encouraging arbitration …

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Table Of Contents - Issue 1 Jan 1994

Table Of Contents - Issue 1

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Table Of Contents - Issue 2 Jan 1994

Table Of Contents - Issue 2

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Bush On Mediator Dilemmas, Joseph B. Stulberg Jan 1994

Bush On Mediator Dilemmas, Joseph B. Stulberg

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Despite its richness, I believe that there are three features of the study that raise both conceptual and practical difficulties. They are: (1) its methodology for identifying ethical dilemmas; (2) its presumptions regarding the extent to which public policy can or should address some or all of the mediator's dilemmas; and (3) its applicability to mediator roles and dilemmas in contexts outside a court-referral system. I consider each of these features below.

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Ethical Dilemmas Or Benign Neglect, Richard A. Salem Jan 1994

Ethical Dilemmas Or Benign Neglect, Richard A. Salem

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But, the real message of this study is that guidance for mediators facing ethical dilemmas is long past due. The Florida mediators, as might have been anticipated, are encountering a number of ethical problems that are familiar to mediators elsewhere and that are endemic to practicing in this field. But, as Professor Bush suggests, the interviews indicate that some of the problems confronting Florida mediators result from their being placed in the untenable position of not being provided with: (1) sufficient policy and procedural guidelines; or (2) training to competently mediate cases being referred to them.

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Reply To The Commentators On The Ethical Dilemmas Study, A, Robert A. Baruch Bush Jan 1994

Reply To The Commentators On The Ethical Dilemmas Study, A, Robert A. Baruch Bush

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The invitation to republish here the report on my study of mediators' ethical dilemmas was a very gratifying one. My hope was that this report would generate further thought and discussion on this important subject, and this symposium will certainly help to realize that aim. For this I am grateful to the editors of the Journal and their advisor, Professor Leonard Riskin. Moreover, the best part of this invitation was that it contemplated the publication of comments on the report from a number of well-known and thoughtful figures in the mediation field. This kind of public dialogue is something all …

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Consolidation Of Separate Arbitration Proceedings: Liberal Construction Versus Contractarian Approaches - United Kingdom Of Great Britain V. Boeing Co., Michael L. Decamp Jan 1994

Consolidation Of Separate Arbitration Proceedings: Liberal Construction Versus Contractarian Approaches - United Kingdom Of Great Britain V. Boeing Co., Michael L. Decamp

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The Federal Arbitration Act (F.A.A.) provides arbitration agreements with the validity and enforceability afforded other contracts under the law. The F.A.A. does this by vesting the United States district courts with the authority to compel parties to arbitrate according to their agreements. However, when a court must decide whether to consolidate separate arbitration proceedings because they involve common questions of fact and law and common parties, the F.A.A. is silent as to the court's authority. This silence has resulted in courts either allowing consolidation under a liberal interpretation of the act ("liberal construction" approach), or refraining from granting consolidation under …

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Emergency Medical Treatment Statute: A Federal How To On Avoiding Mandatory Arbitration Of Medical Malpractice Claims - Brooks V. Maryland Hospital, Inc., The, Karen E. Martin Jan 1994

Emergency Medical Treatment Statute: A Federal How To On Avoiding Mandatory Arbitration Of Medical Malpractice Claims - Brooks V. Maryland Hospital, Inc., The, Karen E. Martin

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To combat the explosion of medical malpractice claims, some states have made arbitration a mandatory prerequisite to filing medical malpractice suits. These states hope that mandatory arbitration will decrease the number of claims and lessen the impact of medical malpractice suits. The federal government has created an obstacle to this effort in the form of the emergency medical treatment statute. This federal statute regulates emergency room care, but courts have been hesitant to call it a medical malpractice statute. As a result of the ambiguity in the federal statute, claimants are able to avoid state-mandated arbitration, thereby circumventing the goals …

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Juvenile Diversion: An Alternative To Juvenile Court, S'Lee Arthur Hinshaw Ii Jul 1993

Juvenile Diversion: An Alternative To Juvenile Court, S'Lee Arthur Hinshaw Ii

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The first juvenile courts in this country were created to keep children from being tried and sentenced as adults in adult criminal courts and from being subjected to the rigors of formal, public adversarial proceedings.' The reformers who created juvenile courts hoped to handle all delinquents within the community itself on an informal basis and without the trappings of due process.2 Using the concept of parens patriae3 and developing it into the idea that the state had the power to act in place of parents of deviant or dependent children,4 the juvenile courts used informal, discretionary procedures to diagnose the …

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Summary Jury Trial: A Summary Of Issues In Dispute Resolution - Day V. Nlo, Inc., The, T. Robert Cook Jul 1993

Summary Jury Trial: A Summary Of Issues In Dispute Resolution - Day V. Nlo, Inc., The, T. Robert Cook

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The summary jury trial has proven to be an effective tool in the fight against the explosion of litigation in federal courts.2 In the thirteen years since its inception,3 many issues involving the summary jury trial have been disputed. Day v. NLO, Inc.4 provides an excellent example of this area of law as it raises three such issues in dispute. The case law is divided over: 1) whether the federal courts have power to compel parties to participate in summary jury trial proceedings; 2) whether the courts have the power to compel certain representatives to attend such proceedings; and 3) …

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Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Dan Coughlin, Laura Kintz, John Moore, Melissa Morrow Jul 1993

Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Dan Coughlin, Laura Kintz, John Moore, Melissa Morrow

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This annual Article2 has been prepared since 1983 as a survey of recent developments in the case law interpreting and analyzing various versions of the Uniform Arbitration Act (U.A.A.). 3 Currently, thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted arbitration statutes patterned after the U.A.N 4 The purpose of this analysis is to promote uniformity in interpreting the U.A.A. by explaining the underlying policies and rationales that have developed from recent court decisions.

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Connecticut's Trail By Lawyer: Contract Disputes And The Attorney Fact-Finder - Beizer V. Goepfert, Craig R. Heidemann Jul 1993

Connecticut's Trail By Lawyer: Contract Disputes And The Attorney Fact-Finder - Beizer V. Goepfert, Craig R. Heidemann

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The rules of professional conduct in most states require attorneys to enter into written agreements with their clients when contracting on a contingent fee basis.2 In so doing, the parties define the existence and limits of their attorney-client relationship. In the present case, an attorney and his client agreed to a ten percent contingent fee; however, the lawyer transferred to a new firm prior to the conclusion of the case.4 Subsequently, the client signed a new, identical agreement provided by the attorney's new firm.5 In the contract, the attorney used the previously agreed-upon fee percentage instead of the standard office …

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Labor Contract And External Law: Revisiting The Arbitrator's Scope Of Authority, The, Stephen L. Hayford, Anthony V. Sinicropi Jul 1993

Labor Contract And External Law: Revisiting The Arbitrator's Scope Of Authority, The, Stephen L. Hayford, Anthony V. Sinicropi

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This article examines the impact of Misco and the attendant body of case law emerging from the U.S. circuit courts of appeals on the labor arbitration process. The ultimate goal of this study is to ascertain whether the public policy exception warrants a rethinking of traditional views of the relationship between collective bargaining agreements and external law, and the manner in which labor arbitrators should juxtapose the two in resolving contractual disputes. The Authors assert that it does.

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Wrongful Discharge: Litigation Or Arbitration, Terry A. Bethel Jul 1993

Wrongful Discharge: Litigation Or Arbitration, Terry A. Bethel

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Throughout the country, courts are scrambling to fill the void left by the rapid disappearance of the employment-at-will doctrine. As recently as twenty years ago, most courts accepted without question the adage that employers were free to terminate employees for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at alL1 If motivated to explain this rule, the most frequent defense was that employees enjoyed comparable freedom. They, too, could abandon the relationship for whatever reason they desired.

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Peer Mediation Programs: Teaching Students Alternatives To Violence, Brian Koy Harper Jul 1993

Peer Mediation Programs: Teaching Students Alternatives To Violence, Brian Koy Harper

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With the ever-rising occurrence of violence' within schools2 and the high level of both student apathy and dropout rates, many people are wondering what, if anything, can be done to stem the tidal wave that seems about to crash our nation's schools upon the rocks of failure. Increasing security measures in schools, such as metal detectors,3 armed police guards, and locker searches, may prevent the violence,4 but will probably not alleviate the underlying causes.5

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Labor Artibitration In Public Agencies: An Unconstitutional Delegation Of Power Or The Waking Of A Sleeping Giant - United Transportation Union V. Southern California Rapid Transit, Karen M. Speiser Jul 1993

Labor Artibitration In Public Agencies: An Unconstitutional Delegation Of Power Or The Waking Of A Sleeping Giant - United Transportation Union V. Southern California Rapid Transit, Karen M. Speiser

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The use of arbitration to resolve labor disputes has become an irreplaceable method of dispute resolution in private enterprises and corporations all over the United States. Arbitration's popularity has come about partially from a realization of the utility of arbitration and partially from government pressure through the enactment of federal statutes. However, the government itself has resisted the imposition of arbitration to resolve disputes between its agencies and their employees. This Note will address some of the issues involved in private arbitration of public agency labor disputes.

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Contractual Agreements To Aribtrate Disputes: Whose Intent Controls - Skewes V. Shearson Lehman Bros., Eric M. Landoll Jul 1993

Contractual Agreements To Aribtrate Disputes: Whose Intent Controls - Skewes V. Shearson Lehman Bros., Eric M. Landoll

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With the enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act [hereinafter F.A.A.]2 in 1925, Congress attempted to place arbitration agreements "upon the same footing as other contracts."3 This Act, later described as a "liberal federal policy favoring arbitration, "' creates a presumption in favor of arbitration where ambiguities arise as to the scope of an agreement.5 Under this interpretation, it appears that the intent of the parties can be overlooked in favor of the federal policy favoring arbitration. This is contrary to general principles of contract interpretation and would appear to be a trap for those unfamiliar with this area of the …

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Monetary Damages Against States - Arbitrators Have Power To Award, But Federal Courts Cannot Enforce - Tennessee Department Of Human Services V. United States Department Of Education, R. Scott Reid Jul 1993

Monetary Damages Against States - Arbitrators Have Power To Award, But Federal Courts Cannot Enforce - Tennessee Department Of Human Services V. United States Department Of Education, R. Scott Reid

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Legislation is usually interpreted by examining statutory language and legislative history.2 However, the United States Supreme Court has considered strict guidelines for interpreting statutes that potentially interfere with Eleventh Amendment immunity rights.3 Application of these guidelines can lead to peculiar court decisions, an example of which is provided in Tennessee Department of Human Services v. United States Department of Education.4

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Appellate Settlement Conference Programs: A Case Study, Susan A. Fitzgibbon Jan 1993

Appellate Settlement Conference Programs: A Case Study, Susan A. Fitzgibbon

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The 1990s may be the decade in which the courts bring alternative dispute resolution "in house." Professor Owen Fiss' nightmare that private settlement will rob courts of cases for the dispensation of justice and the furtherance of societal goals3 has become Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow's foreboding that the courts will "co-opt" and drain the life from true alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes.4 It may be argued that appellate court-sponsored settlement programs dodge both of these criticisms because parties have had a day in court, the process is a form of mediation, and the settlement is thus final only if the parties …

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Class Action Settlement Bars, Cross Claims, And Co-Defendants: The Search For A Uniform Standard - In Re U.S. Oil & (And) Gas Litigation, Craig Richard Heidemann, Jan 1993

Class Action Settlement Bars, Cross Claims, And Co-Defendants: The Search For A Uniform Standard - In Re U.S. Oil & (And) Gas Litigation, Craig Richard Heidemann,

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Prior to the U.S. Oil & Gas decision, the federal courts had only considered settlement bars as related to non-settling defendants. In the U.S. Oil & Gas case, all of the defendants sought to settle with the plaintiff. 2 Only one settling defendant chose to contest the entry of the bar order. 3 In U.S. Oil & Gas, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals was faced with a defendant who settled with the plaintiff but opposed an order barring its seemingly independent claims against the third-party defendant who also settled. For this reason it was a case of first impression. …

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Post-Conviction Mediation Of Rape Cases: Working Within The Criminal Justice System To Achieve Well-Rounded Justice, Matthew J. Sauter Jan 1993

Post-Conviction Mediation Of Rape Cases: Working Within The Criminal Justice System To Achieve Well-Rounded Justice, Matthew J. Sauter

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This Comment will focus on the steps that can be taken within our criminal justice system to help change the attitudes of police, prosecutors, judges, jurors, and legislators toward the crime of rape. It will particularly focus on how mediation can be used concurrently with the criminal courts system in order to achieve justice for all parties involved, victims as well as offenders

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