In the past, anthropologists looking at legal phenomena tended to restrict the context of
analysis to the local situation. Now, however, national and international contexts are …

This article reviews the mediation literature over the past decade. Initially the literature is
organized and integrated in a framework that focuses on the mediator's decision to mediate …

Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be
a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society. What can we do for example when …

The intellectual odyssey of the concept of legal pluralism moves from the discovery of
indigenous forms of law among remote African villagers and New Guinea tribesmen to …

Since the early 1980s John Paul Lederach has traveled worldwide as a mediation trainer
and conflict resolution consultant. Currently the director of the International Conciliation …

First published in 1987, this book discusses the life and natural history of moral systems as
seen through the eyes of a biologist. The volume offers a comprehensive introspective of the …

The sociology of law has been dominated by studies of officials and formal institutions and
their work products. Studying the emergence and transformation of disputes means studying …

Using the Columbia River Basin in the Pacific Northwest as a case study, Kai Lee describes
the concept and practice of adaptive management, as he examines the successes and …

Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americans—the people living in
northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly …

Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of interest in indigenous, traditional and
customary approaches to peace-making in the context of civil wars. Supporters claim that …