When litigation is not the only way: consensus building and mediation as public interest lawyering

Abstract

British social philosopher Stuart Hampshire recently articulated the fundamental and foundational principles of the modern conflict resolution movement (and I do call it a movement). He asserted that, “there will always be a plurality of different and incompatible conceptions of the good and there cannot be a single comprehensive and consistent theory of human virtue.” Correspondingly, “our political enmities in the city or state will never come to an end while we have diverse life stories and diverse imaginations.” Hampshire, a socially progressive, socialist philosopher hoped to articulate