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Mediation in Italy: Exploring the Contradictions
Author(s) -
De Palo Giuseppe,
Harley Penelope
Publication year - 2005
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.1571-9979.2005.00078.x
Subject(s) - mediation , contradiction , context (archaeology) , political science , philosophy of law , front (military) , sociology , law , social psychology , epistemology , psychology , history , comparative law , geography , philosophy , archaeology , meteorology
This article sets Italy in the context of three primary approaches to promoting mediation use in Europe: cultural, pragmatic, and legalistic. Despite the fact that Italy could be considered a “front‐runner” in the latter category, the actual number of cases going to mediation to date has remained low. Drawing on both data from a recent CPR European Committee survey and aspects of the broader Italian legal and social context, this article explores reasons for this apparent contradiction and concludes by suggesting general principles that can be extrapolated from the Italian experience.