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The Ombudsman: What's in a Name?
Author(s) -
Gadlin Howard
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.2000.tb00201.x
Subject(s) - philosophy of law , function (biology) , field (mathematics) , political science , dispute resolution , law , epistemology , sociology , law and economics , philosophy , comparative law , mathematics , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology
The role of the ombudsman is perhaps the least well understood in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This essay introduces readers to the differing conceptions of the role; the sometimes fractious divide that has existed in the past between “classical” and “organizational” ombudsmen; and a collection of essays by four well‐known practitioners that shed light on what it is ombudsmen do; the kinds of disputes they deal with and how they operate; how they view their role (and how others view it); and both the possibilities and limitations of the ombuds function.