Subject Term: dispute resolution and rural communities

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Noland, Soraya (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 1981
Published:: Iran
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D11557
Journal Title:: Anthropological Quarterly
Journal Title Details:: 54(4) : 190-202
Notes:: 14 pages., Online via JSTOR digital archive., Analysis revealed that the modes of dispute settlement in two Iranian communities were contingent upon the degree of kinship, and that modern changes in the two communities did not modify the relationship between dispute settlement and kinship obligations.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Connors, Joan F. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 1993
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: D11555
Journal Title:: Mediation Quarterly
Journal Title Details:: 10(4) : 367-386
Notes:: 21 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., Reported an evaluation of the structure and effectiveness of two tribal courts and a conciliation council in Alaska. Findings highlighted strengths of each and showed how they might be replicated in other communities. Mediation approaches used in all three communities were found effective in resolving conflict in culturally appropriate ways. Two shared characteristics: reliance on volunteer effort and no reliance on outside funding sources.

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Sampath, A.K. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 1992
Published:: India
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D11556
Journal Title:: Economic and Political Weekly
Journal Title Details:: 27(24/25) : 1238-1240
Notes:: 4 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, "Our society had the concept of social justice informing its dispute resolution procedures for centuries before the adversarial system was introduced by the British." This article involved an experimental project in reviving dispute settlement through consensus in rural Tamil Nadu. Author described experience with a consensus program involving an informal approach. The description including a case example to illustrate the procedures and guidelines used in pursuit of shared justice.

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