Welcome to the ADR conundrum. ADR is no news in our legal system, no matter how much people perceive it as such. The recent expansion of ADR and its multiple new forms —mostly, originated in USA— have inclined people to treat it as a new concept. ADR is nothing but a come-back of our traditional «avenencia». Politicians, surprised by this «new» way of dispute resolution, are filling the ADR world with paradoxes. Essentially voluntary methods are being restricted by compulsory proceedings, and traditionally compulsory methods are constantly being avoided. No matter how many obstacles —paradoxes— ADR has to overcome; it remains to be a loyal image of societies’ and individual’s good will and savoir faire.
Iurgium [previously Spain Arbitration Review]