Australian mediation practice is thriving. Effective forms of mediation are practised in court-connected schemes, in the public sector, in the community justice sector and in the private business sector. Indeed, no industry is excluded from the application of mediation. In contrast,...

This special edition on international commercial mediation is a significant and timely one. Not only is it an acknowledgment of how far mediation has come; it also provides an opportunity to bring to readers some of the developments in international commercial mediation. The contributions to this...