Alternative dispute resolution in civil justice systems / Roger E. Hartley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartley, Roger E., 1969-

Series:

American legal institutions.

American legal institutions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dispute resolution (Law)--Georgia.

Dispute resolution (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hartley examines the introduction of alternative dispute resolution (e.g., mediation) in a court system in Georgia. Attorneys supported the introduction of mediation to consolidate control of the legal process and to add it to their practices. They also used mediation to settle some cases more quickly. Mediation gave judges flexibility to weed out minor cases and process others more quickly. However, these changes were not so great as to put a dent in settlement or trial rates, and Hartley concludes that while changes in court procedures have effects, researchers need to examine the behavior of actors in depth in order to discover these effects.

Contents:

Trial courts

Research framework and study site

Civil justice in Mountain County

Civil mediation in Mountain County

The impact of mediation on case processing in Hall County

Mediation, civil justice, and court actors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-016-7

OCLC:

614684107