Is Microjustice a proven concept?
Each of the five elements of Microjustice dispute services has been shown to work in some legal/dispute systems. (1) Establishing initial contact with the opponent is done by many legal and community service providers. Opening a court procedure has the same effect. (2) Negotiation and mediation skills are a proven technology that are even adopted by many courts. (3) Making going rates of justice available through guidelines and schedules is done in many legal systems, but not very systematically. (4) Organizing neutral evaluation for the parties is what all jurisdictions have courts for. For microjustice, this is probably the most difficult part. But low-cost/easy-access forms of judging exist. (5) We know also how good settlement agreements and incentives to live up to them can be created. The unknown factor is how these five elements can be made to work together. Making the whole system work is complicated. Pricing and business development are matters that have to be dealt with. The
