Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters provides an example of how to use EU policy to attempt to improve, standardise and harmonise the Member States' justice systems. The Member States ha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Pontificia Comillas
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Miscelánea Comillas |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/750 |
| Summary: | Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters provides an example of how to use EU policy to attempt to improve, standardise and harmonise the Member States' justice systems. The Member States have untilMay 2011 to transpose the directive. This paper intends to examine current Spanish legislation on family mediation —analysing its development and its strengths and weaknesses and focusing on its adaptation to Directive 2008/52/EC on mediation— to raise issues and make future suggestions with a view to introducing family mediation more widely and extending it to encompass civilmediation, within the framework of the EU. |
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| ISSN: | 0210-9522 2341-085X |