Green Paper on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Civil and Commercial Law
Article from: OGEL 1 (2004), in International Oil, Gas & Energy Dispute Management
Summary
Growing interest is being shown in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in the European Union, for three main reasons. there has been an increasing awareness of ADR as a means of improving general access to justice in everyday life. ADR has received close attention from the Member States, many of which have passed legislation encouraging it. ADR is a political priority, repeatedly declared by the European Union institutions, whose task it is to promote these alternative techniques, to ensure an environment propitious to their development and to do what it ...