A Mediação judicial aplicada nos conflitos familiares: instrumento para fomentar a pacificação social e a celeridade nas resoluções de conflitos

Abstract

In this article will be developed the topic of mediation in the judicial sphere, as an instrument to promote social pacification and procedural promptness in resolutions of family conflicts. The Brazilian family underwent major changes in the last century, and it continues until today, with the end of patriarchalism, change of values and with the rise of women in society, so that the new family social context has generated new conflicts. In a view of the large number of family disputes that burden the judiciary with burdensome and long-lasting procedures, the legislature realized the need to enforce a conflict resolution instrument that would reduce the procedural burden of the judiciary, make it quicker and, moreover, bring more satisfaction to the parties. So It will be t ​he transformations of the Brazilian family in the last century, the conflicts generated by the new social scene and the mediation institute will be briefly exposed, as an instrument for solving these litigations, their concept, brief history, legislative sources, principles and their applicability in family conflicts.