On Mediation

Historical, Legal, Anthropological and International Perspectives
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78920-869-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

Reihe: Integration and Conflict Studies

Exploring mediation and related practices of conflict regulation, this book takes an interdisciplinary approach that includes historical, legal, anthropological and international perspectives. Divided into three sections, the volume observes historical and current relations between mediation and the criminal justice system and provides anthropological perspectives and case studies to explore mediation and arbitration in international arenas. In this regard, the book provides an innovative perspective on mediation and new insights into conflict regulation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Härter, Karl

Hillemanns, Carolin F.

Schlee, Günther

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Zivilprozessrecht Streitschlichtung, Mediation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: On Mediation: Historical, Legal, Anthropological and International Perspectives on Alternative Modes of Conflict Regulation

Karl Härter, Carolin Hillemanns and Günther Schlee

Part I: Mediation, Arbitration and the Criminal Justice System: Historical and Current Developments

Chapter 1. Infrajudicial Modes of Conflict Regulation through Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration in Early Modern European Criminal Justice

Karl Härter

Chapter 2. Adjudication or Negotiation. Mediation as Non-modern Element in Conflict Resolution in the Nordic Countries

Pia Letto-Vanamo

Chapter 3. Mediation, Extrajudicial Conflict Regulation and the Privatization of the Criminal Justice System

Hubert Rottleuthner

Part II: Mediation: Anthropological Perspectives and Case Studies

Chapter 4. What is Mediation? Definitions and Anthropological Discomforts

Andrea Nicolas

Chapter 5. Mediation in Circumstances of the Existential: Dispute and Justice in Rwanda    

Stefanie Bognitz

Chapter 6. Mediation and Truth

Günther Schlee

Chapter 7. Crossing the Boundaries of Mediation

Keebet von Benda-Beckmann

Part III: Mediation and Arbitration in International Arenas

Chapter 8. Interstate Mediation and Arbitration: Concepts, Cases, and Actors of Third Party Dispute Resolution (17th to 19th Century)

Jakob Zollmann

Chapter 9. International Mediation and the Problem of Insincere Bargaining

Nathan Danneman and Kyle Beardsley

Chapter 10. The International Court of Justice and Mediation

Pierre D’Argent

Conclusion

Karl Härter, Carolin Hillemanns and Günther Schlee

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Schlee, Günther
Günther Schlee is one of the Founding Directors of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. His main publications include Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (Manchester University Press, 1989) and How Enemies Are Made: Towards a Theory of Ethnic and Religious Conflict (Berghahn Books, 2008).

Hillemanns, Carolin F.
Carolin F. Hillemanns is scientific coordinator at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Halle, Germany. She has researched many fields including social responsibility, international criminal law and policy, transitional justice, international human rights law, globalization, and German constitutional law.

Härter, Karl
Karl Härter is Professor, Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt/Main and  a member of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment, Halle/Germany.

Karl Härter is Professor, Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt/Main and  a member of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment, Halle/Germany.