Question

The following are limitations of adjudication, except for: A) It operates within a win/lose set of conflict assumptions that encourage escalation.

B) Despite the presence of expensive attorneys and the court system, the conflict parties still have to make their own decisions about the outcome.
C) The judicial system has been overused and is consequently overburdened and misused.
D) The conflict parties may decide to take a different route toward managing problems after they participate in adjudication.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) Despite the presence of expensive attorneys and the court system, the conflict parties still have to make their own decisions about the outcome. This is not a limitation of adjudication since the court makes the final decisions.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the limitations of adjudication is that it operates within a win/lose set of conflict assumptions that encourage escalation (A).

It is also true that the judicial system is overused and overburdened (C), and that judges, who influence the interpretation of the law, do not have enforcement power but are dependent on the other two branches of government (25).

However, the statement that despite the presence of expensive attorneys and the court system, the conflict parties still have to make their own decisions about the outcome (B) is not true, as the court makes the final decision.

The statement that conflict parties may decide to take a different route toward managing problems after participating in adjudication (D) is not a limitation but a potential consequence that could even be seen as positive, as it opens up the possibility for alternative dispute resolution.