Mediation as a type of alternative dispute resolution

The purpose of this thesis is to present mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The selection of this topic is influenced by the currency of this issue. This currency can be seen in the adoption of mediation act, which is first of its kind. The thesis is composed of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the general concept of ADR and presents different types of ADR. The second chapter then presents mediation as one of the types of ADR, and focuses on the concept of mediation, its history, the role of mediator and the mediation process in its four sub-sections. The crux of this thesis is then in the following chapters which addresses how mediation is utilised in the European, Czech and Australian legal environments. The third chapter of this work shows the development of mediation in the EU, which led to the adoption of the Directive on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters (2008/52/EC). This Directive is an essential guide for the development of mediation in the EU Member States, including the Czech Republic. On 13th June 2012 Act No. 202/2012 Sb. on mediation and amending certain laws, which establishes the new concept of mediation in the Czech Republic, was introduced. The adoption of this law implements a Directive on mediation, which the Czech..