Mediation: The Wise Advocacy

Towseef Ahmad ()
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Towseef Ahmad: University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

BRAND. Broad Research in Accounting, Negotiation, and Distribution, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1&2, 1-5

Abstract: Adversarial litigation is not the only means of resolving disputes and settling of claims. There are various options. Alternative means of dispute resolution can save money and time, and can help to anchor and resolve the dispute while exploring valuable good offices, amicable approaches and facilitation. Mediation, as used in law, is a process of managing negotiation by a neutral third party in the form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), as a convenient way of resolving disputes between two or more parties with speediation processes. On the sidelines typically, a neutral third party, the mediator assists the parties to negotiate a settlement. The term “mediation†broadly refers to any instance in which a neutral third party helps others to reach an amicable and mutually acceptable agreement. More specifically, mediation has a structure, timetable and dynamic approaches that “ordinary†negotiations usually lack. The process helps the parties to flourish the healthy ideas which are different and distinct from the legal rights in a Court of law. It is well known in International Law also and disputants can submit their disputes to mediation in a variety of matters such as commercial, legal, diplomatic, workplace, community and family matters, which assumes a great significance and it is bricolaged within the framework of this article.

Keywords: Adversarial; Litigation; Mediation; Negotiation and Amicable. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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