Regulating Dispute Resolution

Felix Steffek, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg.Hannes Unberath, Professor of Law at the University of Bayreuth (deceased).Hazel Genn DBE, KC (Hon), Dean of Laws, University College London.Reinhard Greger, Professor of Law at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law and Professor of Dispute Resolution and Civil Procedure at Georgetown University Law School.

• Part 1: Fundamental Issues 1 Guide for Regulating Dispute Resolution (GRDR): Principles Felix Steffek and Hannes Unberath (coordinators), Lin Adrian, Aldo De Matteis, Giuseppe De Palo, Frédérique Ferrand, Reinhard Greger, Jana Härtling, Ulrike Janzen, Shusuke Kakiuchi, Lars Kirchhoff , Peter G Mayr, Isaak Meier, Kristin Nemeth, Machteld Pel, Anneken K Sperr and Ivan Verougstraete2 Guide for Regulating Dispute Resolution (GRDR): Principles and Comments Felix Steff ek and Hannes Unberath (coordinators), Lin Adrian, Aldo De Matteis, Giuseppe De Palo, Frédérique Ferrand, Reinhard Greger, Jana Härtling, Ulrike Janzen, Shusuke Kakiuchi, Lars Kirchhoff , Peter G Mayr, Isaak Meier, Kristin Nemeth, Machteld Pel, Anneken K Sperr and Ivan Verougstraete3 Principled Regulation of Dispute Resolution: Taxonomy, Policy, Topics Felix SteffekPart 2: Regulation of Dispute Resolution 4 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Austria: A Traditional Litigation Culture Slowly Embraces ADR Peter G Mayr and Kristin Nemeth5 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Belgium: Workable Solutions? Ivan Verougstraete6 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Denmark: Mediation, Arbitration, Boards and Tribunals Lin Adrian7 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in England and Wales: A Sceptical Analysis of Government and Judicial Promotion of Private Mediation Hazel Genn, Shiva Riahi and Katherine Pleming8 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in France: Evolutions and Challenges Frédérique Ferrand9 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Germany: Cautious Steps towards the Construction of an ADR System Burkhard Hess and Nils Pelzer10 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Italy: The Bumps in the Road to Successful ADR Giuseppe De Palo and Ashley E Oleson11 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Japan: Alternative Dispute Resolution and its Background Shusuke Kakiuchi12 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in the Netherlands: Does Regulation Support or Hinder the Use of ADR? Machteld Pel13 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Norway: Vertical and Horizontal Regulatory Strategies Anneken Kari Sperr14 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in Switzerland: Mediation, Conciliation and Other Forms of ADR in Switzerland Isaak Meier in cooperation with Miguel Sogo, Sotirios Kotronis, Sarah Scheiwiller, David Siegwart, Claudia Wyss, Dheden Zotsang and Carlo Hamburger15 Regulation of Dispute Resolution in the United States of America: From the Formal to the Informal to the 'Semi-formal' Carrie Menkel-Meadow

A valuable tool for a common approach in dispute resolution policies within the EU. A useful guide on CDR systems in various non-EU countries.