Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
10-2020
Abstract
Imagine a tightrope walker, walking along a tightrope, holding a long, light rod. To help her balance, the performing artist continually moves the rod, changing the angle of the rod to maintain a constant – her balance in space. If she were to hold the rod in a fixed position, what would happen? She would fall off. In other words, the variation of the rod has the function of maintaining the deeper continuity which enables the artist to make it to the other end, alive. In this essay, the tightrope walker offers a metaphor for dispute resolution systems. In order for a dispute resolution system to survive, it needs to be agile and adapt to changing circumstances; to evolve – just like a tightrope walker.
Keywords
mediation, COVID-19, technology, dispute resolution
Discipline
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Research Areas
Dispute Resolution
Publication
Law and Covid-19
First Page
245
Last Page
254
ISBN
9781467396172
Identifier
10.2139/ssrn.3742561
Publisher
Singapore Management University, School of Law
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
ALEXANDER, Nadja.
Mediation: The new normal?. (2020). Law and Covid-19. 245-254.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3299
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3742561