Court Mediation as a Means of Access to Justice and a Prerequisite for the Development of Private Mediation
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60131/adr.1.2023.7082Keywords:
Mediation, conciliation, arbitration.Abstract
Today, due to the diversity of public relations, the problem with overloading courts is stated all over the world. For the effectiveness of justice, countries are introducing alternative means of dispute resolution and promoting development. A number of substantive and procedural advantages of alternative mechanisms to resolve disputes are recognized in practice and theory.
The aim of the paper is to share the experience of foreign countries with Georgian readers, including critical opinions which is essential for the proper promotion of alternative mechanisms to resolve disputes and develop legal policy in this field. The paper briefly reviews the main problems of dispute resolution by judicial and non-judicial methods, and the introduction of the institution of preliminary conciliation is proposed as a solution.
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