Social Chronology of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms: Evolution, Globalization, Digitization and Beyond

Abstract

This library mode descriptive research study intended to trace the evolution and transformation of alternate dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism on socio-legal horizon in the global society. History of disputes is as old as history of mankind. The future of dispute resolution mechanisms is also interconnected with the social norms and economic means adopted by the human society. The social and cultural evolution of human being is geared and supported by two socio-economic interactive outcomes including collaboration and conflict. Collaboration on one hand, resulted in the synergized efforts and combine actions to reform social norms and encultured human civilization, thus it exceled and expanded the society with a collective and uniform conceptual psychological approach. Whereas, conflicts on the other hand, forced and guided the society to standardize the practices and approaches to keep such social advancement sustainable and practicable. Conflicts also induced mankind to invent ways and means to mitigate incidences of differences among the masses and to minimize the variance over the socio-legal horizon, to support human development. Dispute resolution techniques include judicial and non-judicial forums. The history and modes of non-judicial forums are more expanded and complex as compared to the codified form of judicial forums.