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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Main Author: Margarita García Tomé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2013-02-01
Series:Miscelánea Comillas
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Online Access:https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/750
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-ca94ce26e81b4699942e3b6f695e750e2022-12-21T19:40:34ZengUniversidad Pontificia ComillasMiscelánea Comillas0210-95222341-085X2013-02-0169135547569641Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospectsMargarita García ToméDirective 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.https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/750Directiva 2008/52/CE sobre mediación, Políticas comunitarias, Legislación española en materia de mediación familiar.
spellingShingle Margarita García Tomé
Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
Miscelánea Comillas
Directiva 2008/52/CE sobre mediación, Políticas comunitarias, Legislación española en materia de mediación familiar.
title Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
title_full Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
title_fullStr Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
title_full_unstemmed Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
title_short Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects
title_sort family mediation advantages drawbacks costs and prospects
topic Directiva 2008/52/CE sobre mediación, Políticas comunitarias, Legislación española en materia de mediación familiar.
url https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/miscelaneacomillas/article/view/750
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