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Direct linkCumming, J. Joy; Wilson, Janice M. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2005
The formal court system in Australia has long been criticised for its adversarial nature. As a result, there has been an increase in the use of alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation. These are promoted as a means of increasing access to justice by disadvantaged groups and as an inexpensive way of solving legal or quasi-legal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Courts, Numeracy, Disadvantaged
