1st Edition

Mediation and Justice

By Penelope McRedmond Copyright 2025
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book asks why justice is important to both individuals and to society as a whole. A number of justice questions are raised to evaluate whether mediation can deliver social, distributive, procedural, or substantive justice and fairness. Focussing on a scrutiny of mediation in the context of justice, the book covers social justice and justice issues posed by confidentiality, bias, lack of... Read more

Introduction

1. Justice

2. The Rise of Mediation

3. The Crisis in Civil Justice

4. Social Justice and Mediation

5. Mediator Influence

6. Confidentiality

7. Bias in Mediation

8. Voluntary Mediation?

9. Fairness: A Mediation Value?

10. Online Dispute Resolution and Justice

11. Concluding Thoughts

 

Biography

Penelope McRedmond is a lawyer and mediator, qualifying first as a lawyer in the UK and later in New York State. She has spent the last 30 years lecturing in law and mediation, most recently in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has also written and published on a number of legal topics, most recently on Mediation Law.