Christopher Hodges

Delivering Dispute Resolution

A Holistic Review of Models in England and Wales
Herausgeber: Hodges, Christopher

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reviews the techniques, mechanisms and architectures of the way disputes are processed in England and Wales. Adopting a comparative approach, it evaluates the current state of the main different types of dispute resolution systems, including business, consumer, personal injury, family, property, employment and claims against the state. It provides a holistic overview of the whole system and suggests both systemic and detailed reforms. Examining dispute resolution pathways from users' perspectives, the book highlights options such as ombudsmen, regulators, tribunals and courts as well as mediation and other ADR and ODR approaches. It maps numerous sectoral developments to see if learning might be spread to other sectors. Several recurrent themes arise, including the diversification in the use of techniques; adoption of digital, online and artificial technology; cost and funding constraints; the emergence of new intermediaries; the need to focus accessibility arrangements for people and businesses that need help with their problems; and identifying effective ways for achieving behavioural change. This timely study analyses the shift from adversarial legalism to softer means of resolving social problems, and points to a major opportunity to devise an imaginative and holistic strategic vision for the jurisdiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 170mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1261g
• ISBN-13: 9781509916894
• ISBN-10: 150991689X
• Artikelnr.: 57172250

Autorenporträt

Christopher Hodges OBE is Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, UK; Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK; and Chair of the Regulatory Horizons Council, UK. Photo courtesy of Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction PART A SETTING THE SCENE 2. Affecting Behaviour 3. People's
Problems: Incidence, Types, Pathways and Objectives 4. Courts 5. Th e
Courts: A Story of Costs and Funding Problems 6. ADR 7. Digitisation of the
Courts 8. Helping People with Problems PART B TYPES OF DISPUTES 9.
Consumer-Trader Disputes 10. Personal Injuries 11. Family Disputes 12.
Property 13. Complaints Against the State 14. Small Business Disputes 15.
Employment Disputes PART C CONCLUSIONS 16. Reviewing the Pathways 17.
Recommendations 18. A New Design for Dispute Resolution Architecture