Karl Härter is Professor, Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for European Legal History in Frankfurt/Main and  a member of the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment, Halle/Germany.

“A very nice compilation of interesting articles on mediation and related practices of third-party conflict regulation from various perspectives, including legal, anthropological, sociological, historical, psychological and philosophical perspective.” • Daniel Girsberger, University of Lucerne“This edited volume makes an important contribution to the literature on mediation by offering interdisciplinary perspectives, both in comparison and in dialogue with one another.” • Ronald Niezen, McGill University

• Introduction: On Mediation: Historical, Legal, Anthropological and International Perspectives on Alternative Modes of Conflict RegulationKarl Härter, Carolin Hillemanns and Günther SchleePart I: Mediation, Arbitration and the Criminal Justice System: Historical and Current DevelopmentsChapter 1. Infrajudicial Modes of Conflict Regulation through Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration in Early Modern European Criminal JusticeKarl HärterChapter 2. Adjudication or Negotiation. Mediation as Non-modern Element in Conflict Resolution in the Nordic CountriesPia Letto-VanamoChapter 3. Mediation, Extrajudicial Conflict Regulation and the Privatization of the Criminal Justice SystemHubert RottleuthnerPart II: Mediation: Anthropological Perspectives and Case StudiesChapter 4. What is Mediation? Definitions and Anthropological DiscomfortsAndrea NicolasChapter 5. Mediation in Circumstances of the Existential: Dispute and Justice in Rwanda    Stefanie BognitzChapter 6. Mediation and TruthGünther SchleeChapter 7. Crossing the Boundaries of MediationKeebet von Benda-BeckmannPart III: Mediation and Arbitration in International ArenasChapter 8. Interstate Mediation and Arbitration: Concepts, Cases, and Actors of Third Party Dispute Resolution (17th to 19th Century)Jakob ZollmannChapter 9. International Mediation and the Problem of Insincere BargainingNathan Danneman and Kyle BeardsleyChapter 10. The International Court of Justice and MediationPierre D’ArgentConclusionKarl Härter, Carolin Hillemanns and Günther SchleeIndex