Collaboration and Coercion: Domestic Violence Meets Collaborative Law

Authors

Margaret B. Drew, University of Massachusetts School of Law - DartmouthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

‘Collaboration and Coercion’ addresses the systemic and individual concerns that arise when family members that have experienced abuse enter into the collaborative law process. A form of alternative dispute resolution, collaborative law is a method of resolving disputes without engagement of the legal system. The author addresses the structural and cultural difficulties that survivors of abuse encounter throughout the process as well as the ethical concerns that are raised when collaborative practitioners accept cases where the parties have a history of coercion within the intimate relationship.

Comments

Originally published by the Irish Law Journal in 2012.

Recommended Citation

Margaret B. Drew, Collaboration and Coercion: Domestic Violence Meets Collaborative Law, 1 Irish L. J. 27 (2012).