Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Cultures of decision-making : precursors to the emergence of ADR -- The debates around civil justice and the movement towards procedural innovation -- Disputes and dispute processes -- Development of disputes, avoidance, self help -- Negotiations -- Mediation -- Umpiring : courts and tribunals -- Umpiring : arbitration -- Hybrid forms and processual experimentation -- The ombuds and its diffusion : from public to privat -- ODR and its diffusion : from private to public -- Institutionalization of ADR -- Reflections.

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