Electronic mediation. A comparative perspective

Private disputes are increasingly being resolved through the assistance of the so-called alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods. These out-of-courts methods of conflict resolution are governed by different national regulations across the European Union.

At the same time they are organically adopting the benefits provided by information and communications technology (ICT) tools underpinned by domestic regulations that seek to ensure fair an efficient systems. Accordingly, two new elements are converging, i.e. ADR and ICT, offering new options for disputants.

As technological advances come to the administration of justice, procedures for dispute resolution are also required to incorporate ICT features, thus offering more attractive options for settling private disputes through streamlined processes -these new processes are often referred as Online Dispute Resolution (ODR).

Amongst the processes that result in combining the efficiency of conventional systems of ADR techniques with the advantages offered by the ICT systems we can identify ?electronic mediation?. Today electronic mediation has not a unif

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Editorial Comares

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Tapa blanda

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224

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2017

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9788490454046