Alternative dispute resolution and the limits of the adversary system

What this note covers

1. Why disputes move away from the adversary system
2. Mediation: the parties keep control of the outcome
3. Arbitration: a private decision-maker with a binding result
4. Where tribunals, conciliation and restorative justice add extra options
5. The limits of the adversary system that ADR is designed to answer
6. Matching a dispute to the right process
7. How this topic is examined and what separates a top response

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