@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005709, author = {Naveendra, p. DE ZOYSA}, journal = {国際開発研究フォーラム, Forum of International Development Studies}, month = {Dec}, note = {Mediation Boards are a recent phenomenon in the history of community based dispute resolution systems in Sri Lanka. Law's delay in an adversarial system obstructed justice, and the need for an alternative system came into the debate one decade after the previous experience of Conciliation Boards. In this paper I tried to identify how Mediation Boards came into operation through passing of new law overcoming the faults of former Conciliation Boards. Identified reasons for the fall of Conciliation Boards had been utilized by the Ministry of Justice when they drafted the Mediation Boards Act. Discussion on the legislative process and a comparison study of the Mediation Boards Act with the Conciliation Boards Act reveal the necessary steps that have been taken through the Mediation Boards Act to eliminate the deficiencies of the former Conciliation Boards system. Lately raised criticism to the Mediation Boards were not supported by justifiable facts.}, pages = {221--241}, title = {Community Mediation:Law and Its Implementation in Sri Lanka}, volume = {32}, year = {2006} }