Reframing the Mediation Lens: The Call for a Situational Style of Mediation (original) (raw)

Law. She has authored or co-authored over twenty-five refereed articles on various law topics. 1. "The central quality of mediation [is] its capacity to reorient the parties toward each other. .. by helping them to achieve a new and shared perception of their relationship, a perception that will redirect their attitudes and dispositions toward one another." Robert A. Baruch Bush, Staying in Orbit, or Breaking Free: The Relationship of Mediation to the Courts Over Four Decades," 84 N.D. L. REV. 705, 719 (2008), citing Lon Fuller, Mediation-Its Forms and Functions, 44 S. CAL. L. REV. 305, 325 (1971). 2. A core characteristic and benefit of mediation is perceived to be that the participants in the process will determine the outcome, rather than an outside body such as the court. See id. at 718.