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Mediation/Conciliation

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Twelfth graders discuss the court system in Japan, and assume roles of family members and friends of air crash victims. They discuss whether they would file suit against airlines, compare methods of achieving justice in United States and Japan, read "The Case of the Minamata Victims" and identify unusual issues involved in dispute resolution.

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Grade
12th
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Social Studies & History
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