A.D.R. SYSTEMS OVERVIEW
Mediation
Mediation is based on the negotiation of disputes with the help of a neutral person, who favors the effectiveness of the discussion. He leads the negotiation with the aim to avoid to centralize the attention on establishing what is "true or false" or what is "just or unjust", because this approach would lead to reduce every solution negotiated to a mere compromise, made on the borders of those which the parties think the “true” issues.
The objective is instead the widening of the communication between the parties of the conflict, through the exchange of new information and the involvement of new actors (the neutral person), so as to make to emerge the real reasons of the conflict.
Mini-Trial
In Mini-Trial it is asked to a neutral person assisting to the synthetic presentation of the juridical arguments of each part about the legal basis of own position and the documents available to support it, as if it would happen in front of a judge.
In other words, a trial is simulated.
Neutral Evaluation
Parties more simply ask to a neutral person to express an opinion – confidential and not binding - on a specific fact or a problem of or legal nature, without however resorting to the simulation of a process.
