Mediation in the Justice System
A Paradox for Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7538132 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Rifkin (Massachusetts School of Law, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41-54 |
| Publication date | 1989-10-13 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j012v01n01_04 |
| OpenAlex | W945157768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
The increasing use of mediation throughout the justice system has generated a debate about its implications for women. Although widely supported as a positive reform within the legal system, most women's roups oppose the use of mediation as antithetical to their short- an%long-term interests. The practice of mediation organized around an ideology of neutrality, privacy and consensusbuilding is applauded by its supporters as humanizing an unresponsive and sluggish legal system and condemned by its opponents as undermining the commitment of actors within the legal system to widenin the rights of women. This discussion explores the parameters of tks debate as the use of mediation has begun to change the delivery of legal services within the~us!ice,system. This paper suggests that the controversy about me iatlon 1s Important and in need of further discussion because it reflects significant disagreement about the function of law for women
Alternative dispute resolution · Economic Justice · Function (biology · Ideology · Law and economics · Mediation · Neutrality · Party-directed mediation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transformative mediation · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 2013 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |