Mediation: Contexts and Challenges

152 pp. "Using the diverse insights of social scientists, lawyers and public officials, the editors present a balanced approach to the continued proliferation of mediation in American society. They concentrate on the positive values but also explore various arguments against its use. They address such unsettled issues as how mediation should be used; whether or not to expand, reform, support, or fund mediation in action; how to train, educate, and prepare practitioners and citizens to appreciate the concept; and how to continue the pragmatic distinction between mediation and the American court."