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Article #1: Mediation overview

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Mediation comprises an act of bringing the terms mediation and conciliation can
two states, sides or parties in a dispute be interchangeable but often it is not
closer together toward agreement through appropriate for this to occur. Both
alternative dispute resolution (ADR), a processes are non determinative and they
dialogue in which a (generally) neutral have many similarities. The main
third party, the mediator, using difference is that conciliators have some
appropriate techniques, assists two or degree of expert knowledge of the content
more parties to help them negotiate an in the area that they conciliating. A
agreement, with concrete effects, on a conciliator can make suggestions for
matter of common interest. More generally settlement terms and can also give advice
speaking, the term "mediation" covers any on the subject matter which makes
activity in which an impartial third conciliation more of an advisory service.
party (often a professional) facilitates The conciliator can use their role to
an agreement on any matter in the common actively encourage the parties to come to
interest of the parties involved. a resolution but the conciliator is in no
Mediation applies to different fields, way determinative. In some types of
with some common peculiar elements and conciliations the conciliator has a
some differences for each of its responsibility to provide legal
specialties. The main fields of mediation information so that any agreement made
include commerce, legal disputes and can fit into the statutory framework that
diplomacy, but forms of mediation appear is required in the area that is subject
in other fields as well. Mediation in to the conciliation. Mediation is purely
marriage technically belongs in the facilitative whereas conciliation is a
category, although it has followed its mixture of an advisory dispute resolution
own peculiar history since the times of service and facilitation. The term
ancient Greeks: compare marriage mediation is used where the practitioner
counselling. has no advisory role, if the practitioner
History of dispute mediation does have an advisory role then the term
The activity of mediation in itself conciliation should be used. Both
appeared in very ancient times. mediation and conciliation identify the
Historians presume early cases in disputed issues and use options to
Phoenician commerce (but suppose its use endeavour to reach an agreement.
in Babylon, too). The practice developed Franchise agreements signify an ongoing
in Ancient Greece (which knew the commercial agreement between the
non-marital mediator as a proxenetas), contracting parties. The agreements that
then in Roman civilization, (Roman law are usually entered into have elements of
(starting from Justinian's Digest of 530 imbalance of bargaining power and
- 533) recognised mediation. The Romans business experience between the
called mediators by a variety of names, franchisee and franchisor; there are also
including internuncius, medium, many external commercial pressures that
intercessor, philantropus, interpolator, the parties are faced with. The
conciliator, interlocutor, interpres, and franchising code of conduct is a
finally mediator. mandatory code under the TPA. All
The Middle Ages regarded mediation franchise agreements are required to have
differently, sometimes forbidding the a clause that requires dispute
practice or restricting its use to resolution. Mediation in this field is
centralized authorities. Some cultures working because it can identify
regarded the mediator as a sacred figure, alternatives for the parties and then the
worthy of particular respect; and the parties can work together to solve the
role partly overlapped with that of dispute. For this type of mediation there
traditional wise men. are more formal procedures such as who
Mediation and conciliation ever wishes to initiate the mediation is
There has been much debate on the required to advise the respondent in
distinction between conciliation and writing outlining the nature of the
mediation and there is still no universal dispute and they will then have three
agreement. Conciliation is sometimes used weeks to agree to a method of resolving
as an umbrella term that covers all the dispute otherwise they may go to
mediation and facilitative and advisory mediation.
dispute resolution processes. Sometimes






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