institutional responses to child sexual abuse

The latest Part of the Australasian Dispute Resolution Journal includes the following articles: “Re-appraising Mediation’s Value of Self-determination” – Laurence Boulle and Rachael Field; “Issues of Justice in Mediated Outcomes for Survivors of Sexual Abuse in State Care?” – Louise Marie Mc Donald and Patrick O’Leary; “The Danger in Prescribing the Publication of International Commercial Arbitration Awards in Order to Cure a Stagnating Common Law” – Michael Elliott; “Bringing Children Metaphorically into the Room: Strategies FDRPs can Use to Focus Parents on their Children’s Best Interests” – Donna Cooper; “Client Case Management: Does It Compromise the FDR Practitioner?” – Mieke Brandon and Linda Kochanski; “Expert Determination as Dispute Resolution in New Zealand” – Shane Campbell; “Silent Parties in Arbitration: Does Rinehart v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd Open the Door for Increased Third-party Participation in Arbitral Proceedings?” – Andrew L Mason; and “Nation Building through Mediation: The Mongolia Experience” – Katherine Johnson. It also contains the following sections: Editorial – Ruth Charlton; Case Notes: “Lack of Capacity to Enter a Mediated Settlement Agreement; and Good Faith & Satisfactory Mediation under the Farm Debt Mediation Act; and Mediation Media Watch” – David Spencer; and Book Review: “Dispute Resolution: A practitioner’s guide to successful alternative Dispute Resolution”, by Michael Mills – Reviewed by Mieke Brandon and Elizabeth Rosa.