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No. 3 (2024): Law & Social Bonds Nr 4 (50) 2024

Paradigmatic Models of Mediation, Mandatory Eclectics or a Direct Decision

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36128/PRIW.VI50.883
Submitted
March 13, 2024
Published
2024-08-21

Abstract

 

The article conceptually reviews the paradigmatic models of mediation, to understand the professional role of a mediator and the scope of ethical obligations. The description of each model showcases the corresponding action of a mediator and the standard of intervention in the process and studies their effectiveness in achieving the goals of mediation. In this regard, the paper examines the content of a mediator's ethical obligations and potential dilemmas in different mediation models, which might be associated with a mediator's direct and uniform choice of a particular mediation model. The article emphasizes the importance of a mediator's competence for the proper flow of a process and, at the same time, analyzes the necessity to strictly demark it from the professional role of an attorney, which is essential for the ethical execution of a mediator's role.  

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