Citation

Firestone G, McNeal RT, Starnes HE. Fam. Court Rev. 2004; 42(1): 128-140.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.174-1617.2004.tb00638.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Despite the widespread use of mediation to resolve public policy disputes, there is little written on the mediation of judicial rule disputes. A successful mediation of a dispute over proposed court rules to govern mediation of certain family law cases involving domestic violence concerns is reviewed. The authors conclude that the mediation provided (a) a confidential venue for disputing judges to respectfully disagree with one another, (b) an opportunity for collaborative problem solving, (c) an opportunity to reduce conflict among judicial colleagues. (d) a format for dialogue with other stakeholders, and (e) greater degree of influence with regard to the outcome of the dispute. Specific recommendations to encourage the effective use of judicial policy mediation are offered.

Language: en