Vanishing Legal Justice

Michal Alberstein, SJD Harvard University, is Dean of the Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. A renowned expert in conflict resolution, she has received numerous academic honors and authored several books. This book's findings were made possible by a prestigious five-year granted to her from the European Research Council. Nofit Amir is a lawyer, mediator, and researcher in comparative law and civil procedure at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Her research examines the evolving role of judges in an age of settlement through a comparative lens, focusing on judges in Israel, Italy, England and the US.

• Introduction; Part I. Vanishing Trials, Transformed Legal Systems: 1. Judicial role in transition; 2. The comparative landscape; 3. New legal Families; Part II. Settlement Practices and Perspectives of Judges: 4. Challenges of studying judges; 5. Untold narratives: stories judges and lawyers tell about the Judicial role in settlement; 6. Power and persuasion: the judicial role as reflected in courtroom observations; Part III. Legal Metamorphosis?: 7. A new paradigm for judicial involvement; 8. New horizons of mediation; 9. The law – end or turning point?; Conclusion; Index.