STANDARDIZATION OF DIVORCE MEDIATION

The importance of controlling for the effects of “mediator” variables has largely been overlooked in the mediation research. A survey of conciliation workers attached to the Victoria Family Court found no standard practice in the orientation of clients to the process of mediation, and the delivery of mediation services.     

专利侵权纠纷行政调处的是与非

专利侵权纠纷的行政调处制度有其存在的合理性和必要性,对专利行政调处性质的定位模糊,在一定范围内影响了我国专利行政保护的发展。专利行政调处是类似于＂仲裁＂的准司法行为,在实践中应进一步明确其调处职能的范围和司法审查的模式。     

现代社会中的人民调解与诉讼

人民调解是除诉讼之外的最主要的纠纷解决方式。人民调解的存在与发展在一定程度上弥补了诉讼在某类纠纷解决上的局限性。通过人民调解与诉讼在成本、功能上的比较,可以看到人民调解不仅能够适应和生存于现代社会,而且与公力救济共同形成了相互竞争、替代补充和弥补局限的多元化纠纷解决机制。人民调解的改革和发展是构建和谐社会纠纷解决机制的不可或缺的资源。     

从“恢复性司法”看中国法文化传统的现代意义

中国司法传统的主流体现了一种朴素的人道精神,也蕴含着“和为贵”的价值取向。而目前在西方兴起的“恢复性司法”运动,在价值理念上与儒家的和谐思想和调解制度有诸多近似之处,而这也正是中西法律文化可以汇通的地方。它们对我们今天构建和谐社会均有借鉴意义。     

UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT AND HUMAN CAPACITY The Role of Premises in Mediation Training

In this article, the authors points out that underlying mediator practices and techniques, there are deeper premises and values that guide and shape practice. The authors argue that mediation training should include articulation and explanation of the premises that underlie the form of practice being taught. They describe the particular premises that underlie the transformative orientation to mediation practice and give examples of how those premises can be conveyed within an overall training design, how doing so enriches the teaching of skills and techniques themselves.     

浅议医疗纠纷非诉讼解决模式

根据价值取向的不同,非诉解决模式可以分为：效率主导、公平主导、二者兼顾;根据主导者的不同,非诉解决模式可以分为：司法主导、行政主导、民间力量主导;根据程序和效力的不同,非诉解决模式可以分为调解和仲裁。我国的医疗纠纷多,诉讼解决效率无法令人满意,民间力量主导的调解组织在中立性、高效性方面拥有一定优势,代表着医疗纠纷非诉解决机制的未来。     

调解权的价值、性质与实现

本文以纠纷当事人的调解权为核心和基础,以调解权与相关国家权力的关系为视角,分析了调解权的被动性、调解权的差异性以及调解权的受支配性等特征。认为当事人之间的调解权利意识,是社会公众所昭示的公共性政策在法律领域的延伸,强调在需求多样化与多元化的今天,调解权的实现有利于维护公民的利益。     

WHY PARTIES AGREE TO MEDIATE

Although proponents of mediation have identified various advantages of mediation over other dispute resolution processes, utilization rates for many mediation services remain far below the expectations of their benefactors. This naturalistic inquiry explores why clients of child protection mediation actually chose to participate in mediation, and identifies differences with proponents' views of what makes mediation desirable.     

Relational Justice in Organizations: The Group-Value Model and Support for Change

This paper examines the psychological dynamics of the Group-Value Model for a behavioral orientation which has seldom been considered in the social justice literature: acceptance and support for change. A field study was conducted, with 176 participants members of an organization which was undergoing a change process. Participants were asked (a) to think of a specific relevant conflict situation with their supervisor; (b) to evaluate supervisor's behavior in that situation, with respect to relational and distributive justice; (c) to state the justice aspects most valued in conflict situations with their supervisor. A test of the model was conducted through a mediation analysis. According to the Group-Value Model (GVM), respect experienced within the group and pride in the group were mediating variables between justice judgements and orientation toward acceptance and support for change in the organization. Interactional and procedural aspects (relational judgements) were the only ones to predict pride, respect, and behavioral orientation, and were also the ones most valued in general conflict situations with the supervisor. The model was also tested at three different levels of analysis: organization as a whole, department, and work group. This confirmed pride and respect within the group as mediating variables between relational justice judgements and orientation toward acceptance and support for change at the department and workgroup levels.     

Confidentiality and Privilege for Family and Child Protection Mediation: A Roadmap for Navigating the Innovation,Inconsistency and Confusion

This article will identify the inconsistency and confusion in mediation regarding the definition of mediation, the role of the mediator, and the difference between mediation confidentiality and privilege. Further, it will discuss the confusion and inconsistency in the protection of mediation communication, specifically regarding the definition of mediation communication, the time frame for protected communication, waiver of the protections and exceptions to protected mediation communication. It will provide a roadmap and fact pattern for determining whether mediation communications are protected and if so, the protection they are afforded. Lastly, it will offer recommendations so parties, professionals and the courts may better understand and reap the benefits of mediation.     

SPOUSAL CONSENSUS ON THE DIVORCE DECISION AND MEDIATION OUTCOME

This study examined the relationship between spousal consensus on the decision to divorce and mediation outcome. Based largely on clinical experience and deductive reasoning, the conceptual literature has held that low consensus is negatively related to success in divorce mediation. To empirically explore this relationship, 72 families beginning court-ordered divorce mediation were asked whether they agreed that divorce was the best way out of their problems. Statistical analysis of their responses as they related to the outcome of mediation did not support the conceptual literature. No significant relationship was found between spousal consensus on the divorce decision and mediation outcome, a finding which agrees with the limited empirical research. This indicated that mediation is more tolerant of spousal nonconsensus than had been assumed in the divorce mediation literature.     

论我国劳动争议处理立法的基本定位

我国劳动争议处理程序在市场经济的发展过程中正走向失灵的边缘。劳动争议处理程序的症结在于工会、政府、仲裁机构与司法机关在部门利益上的相互纠葛，致使现行制度用其所短，无法发挥应有的功能。我国劳动争议处理立法的基本定位应该是在对各方利益进行协调处理的基础上，做实协商、做大调解、做强仲裁、做精诉讼，完成对法律制度的改造。     

WHAT WE KNOW NOW: FINDINGS FROM DEPENDENCY MEDIATION RESEARCH

After approximately 15 years of research on court-based dependency mediation programs, answers have emerged for many, but not all, of the questions that surround dependency mediation. This article explores what has been learned about court-based dependency mediation through research and what new and persisting questions remain. The article reviews empirical studies of child protection mediation. The topics considered include what we have learned about the organization and structure of mediation programs, what have we learned about settlement in mediation, and whether there are benefits to mediation beyond the mere fact that settlements are reached.     

加强和创新社会管理积极构建和完善多元化纠纷解决机制

构建和完善多元化纠纷解决机制是加强和创新社会管理的必然要求,是转型期中国社会治理面对的重大政治和法律课题.目前,我国已有的过分强调以诉讼方式解决纠纷的机制已经不能适应多元化社会发展的要求,为此,应当进一步明确人民调解的职能定位,逐步扩大人民调解的工作范围;正确定位行政机关在纠纷解决中的特殊职能,提升行政机关处理社会矛盾...     

BRINGING CHILDREN TO THE MEDIATION TABLE:

With the rise of divorce mediation as an effective means of resolving divorce and custody disputes, a question that arises is whether a child should actively participate in the mediation process to make his or her voice heard. This article discusses the costs and benefits of involvement, focusing on four specific approaches to the inclusion of children in divorce mediation. This article comes to the conclusion that the integration of children in mediation ought to be considered on a case-by-case basis, and further proposes that a child be included in divorce mediation in circumstances where the child's input is needed to help parents resolve an issue of dispute that concerns their child's interests.     

MEDIATIVE EVALUATIONS: THE PROS AND PERILS OF BLENDING ROLES

Child custody evaluators with experience in mediation may be tempted to use mediation skills and strategies in their evaluation processes. This article explores the benefits and risks of blending mediation with evaluation, comparing the perspectives of professionals and clients.     

Understanding China's Court Mediation Surge: Insights from a Local Court

This article seeks to understand how reported mediation rates in Chinese courts are produced and what they actually signify. It analyzes data obtained through prolonged fieldwork at a court in central China. The article finds that the court has directly responded to central level mediation incentives by enhancing its overall mediation rate. It has done so strategically by seeking the highest increase using the fullest discretion in the mediation incentive structure and seeking to optimize the highest rate at the lowest cost and risk to the court. This has undermined the objectives of the central level incentives toward mediation, while also drawing the courts' scarce resources away toward unnecessary mediation practices, in part far removed from the courtroom. The article concludes by drawing out broader theoretical conclusions about how information asymmetries, discretion, and goal displacement play out in hierarchical control structures of authoritarian courts.     

MANDATORY MEDIATION OF CUSTODY IN THE FACE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Mediation is frequently mandated as a first step for custody, visitation, and divorce cases. As a process that requires a balance of power between participants, mediation is not an appropriate method to resolve domestic violence disputes, a phenomenon that reflects profound disparities in power between the perpetrator and the victim. Of all marriages referred to court-based divorce and custody/visitation mediation programs, 50% to 80% involve domestic violence. This raises very serious questions about mandatory mediation. This article considers the effects of domestic violence on the mediation process. It questions the use of mandatory mediation and suggests ways that mediators might recognize and respond to domestic violence.     

“大调解”衔接机制的理论建构与实证探究

多元化纠纷解决机制之建构是中国未来社会治理的必然选择。当前,诉讼调解与人民调解、行政调解、行业调解等非诉讼纠纷解决机制的衔接在探索中取得了明显的成就,也为进一步深入探索＂大调解＂提供了具体的实证参考。