Editing Dispute resolution (section)

==Methods==
Methods of dispute resolution include:
* [[lawsuit]]s (litigation) (legislative) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9pBNy8sc1k What is Litigation: The Complete Guide] ''(youtube)''</ref>
* [[arbitration]]
* [[collaborative law]]
* [[mediation]]
* [[conciliation]]
* [[negotiation]]
* [[Facilitator|facilitation]]
*[[Conflict avoidance|avoidance]]

One could theoretically include [[violence]] or even [[war]] as part of this spectrum, but dispute resolution practitioners do not usually do so; violence rarely ends disputes effectively, and indeed, often only escalates them. Also, violence rarely causes the parties involved in the dispute to no longer disagree on the issue that caused the violence. For example, a country successfully winning a war to annex part of another country's territory does not cause the former waring nations to no longer seriously disagree to whom the territory rightly belongs to and tensions may still remain high between the two nations. 

Dispute resolution processes fall into two major types:
# [[adjudication|Adjudicative]] processes, such as litigation or arbitration, in which a judge, jury or arbitrator determines the outcome.
# Consensual processes, such as collaborative law, mediation, conciliation, or negotiation, in which the parties attempt to reach agreement.

Not all disputes, even those in which skilled intervention occurs, end in resolution. Such [[intractable conflict|intractable]] disputes form a special area in dispute resolution studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/28837/9/09_chapter%202.pdf|title=Thesis}}</ref>

Dispute resolution is an important requirement in international trade, including negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation.<ref>''Global Business Environment'' (Fifth Edition) by FITT,
pages 301, 302 & 303</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=December 2016}}