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This title was first published in 2002: After outlining the origins
and development of family mediation on a world-wide basis, this
book assesses family mediation services in the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland, within the context of the empirical and
theoretical debates surrounding the practice. It is the first
comprehensive study of the area in Ireland, appearing at an
opportune time, due to the expansion of the service in the Republic
and its virtual collapse in Northern Ireland. It argues that the
service provided in the Republic of Ireland is appreciated by
clients and is successful, although the issue of domestic violence
remains. In contrast, it suggests that the absence of service
provision in Northern Ireland is problematic, since it undermines
consumer choice.
This title was first published in 2002: After outlining the origins
and development of family mediation on a world-wide basis, this
book assesses family mediation services in the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland, within the context of the empirical and
theoretical debates surrounding the practice. It is the first
comprehensive study of the area in Ireland, appearing at an
opportune time, due to the expansion of the service in the Republic
and its virtual collapse in Northern Ireland. It argues that the
service provided in the Republic of Ireland is appreciated by
clients and is successful, although the issue of domestic violence
remains. In contrast, it suggests that the absence of service
provision in Northern Ireland is problematic, since it undermines
consumer choice.
The modern emergence of mediation in the West in the 1980s
represents a profound transformation of civil disputing practice,
particularly in the field of family justice. In the field of family
disputes mediation has emerged to fill a gap which none of the
existing services, lawyers and courts on the one hand, or welfare,
advisory or therapeutic interventions on the other, could in their
nature have filled. In the UK mediation is now the approved pathway
in the current landscape of family dispute resolution processes,
officially endorsed and publicly funded by government to provide
separating and divorcing families with the opportunity to resolve
their disputes co-operatively with less acrimony, delay and cost
than the traditional competitive litigation and court process. The
consolidation of the professional practice of family mediation
reflects its progress and creativity in respect both of the
expanding focus on professional quality assurance as well as on
developments of policy, practice guidelines and training to address
central concerns about the role of children in mediation, screening
for domestic abuse, sexual orientation and gender identity as well
as cross-cultural issues including the role of interpreters in the
process. Other areas of innovation include the application of
family mediation to a growing range of family conflict situations
involving, for example, international family disputes (including
cross border, relocation and child abduction issues). Written by
leaders in family mediation, this title provides a contemporary
account of current practice developments and research concerning
family mediation across a range of issues in the UK and Ireland.
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