Authors

Maggie T. Grace

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Keywords

alternative dispute resolution, criminal law, criminal procedure, justice, punishment, sentencing, jurisprudence

Abstract

This Article explores theoretical concerns underlying contemporary appeals to Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") in the criminal justice system. Analyzing literature on free will and responsibility and leading work on transitional justice, I argue that a restorative justice approach to criminal ADR better accommodates the realities of social conditions that correlate with criminality while respecting deeply-held concepts of responsibility. I further argue that this approach provides a useful response to critics, such as Owen Fiss, who argue that ADR privatizes disputes, thereby failing to produce and reinforce essential public norms.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Recommended Citation

34 Vermont Law Review 563 (2010).

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