Family mediation: advantages, drawbacks, costs and prospects

Authors

  • Margarita García Tomé

Keywords:

Directive 2008/52/EC on mediation, EU policy, Spanish legislation on family mediation.

Abstract

Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters provides an example of how to use EU policy to attempt to improve, standardise and harmonise the Member States' justice systems. The Member States have untilMay 2011 to transpose the directive. This paper intends to examine current Spanish legislation on family mediation —analysing its development and its strengths and weaknesses and focusing on its adaptation to Directive 2008/52/EC on mediation— to raise issues and make future suggestions with a view to introducing family mediation more widely and extending it to encompass civilmediation, within the framework of the EU.

Author Biography

Margarita García Tomé

Profesora de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca en el Máster UniversitarioOficial en Mediación Familiar Integral. Doctora y Licenciada en Sociología. MediadoraFamiliar. Directora del Centro de Mediación Familiar GAMEFA. Este artículo hasido solicitado a la autora, por la Comisión de Asuntos Jurídicos del ParlamentoEuropeo, y su Administradora responsable Roberta PANIZZA. Dirección de PolíticasInteriores. Departamento Temático C: Derecho de los Ciudadanos y Asuntos ConstitucionalesParlamento Europeo B-1047 Bruselas. Publicado en versiones lingüísticasoriginal: ES; Traducción: EN, Fr. Está disponible en la siguiente dirección de Internet:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/studies

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Published

2013-02-12

Issue

Vol. 69 No. 135 (2011): Julio-diciembre

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