Peter Jones

The ancient Greek approach to mediation

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Divorcing couples are being given vouchers worth £500 to settle their problems by mediation rather than going to court. It was the ancient Greeks who produced the first examples of mediation in the West.

Since the ancients had no police force or Crown Prosecution Service, all prosecutions were brought privately.

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