Preface.- Table of Contents.- List of Authors.- List of Abbreviations.- General Report: New Developments in Civil and Commercial Mediation – Global Comparative Perspectives; Carlos Esplugues.- Mediation in Belgium: A Long and Winding Road; Piet Taelman and Stefaan Voet.- La mediation au Benin dans une approche transfrontaliere et judiciaire; Comlan René Vodounon-Djegni.- Exploring the Emerging Legal Landscape for Crossborder Mediation in Brazil: Where New Horizons Encounter Old Expectations; Maristela Basso and Fabrício Bertini Pasquot Polido.- The Revival of ARD in China: the Path to Rule of Law or the Turn against Law?; Yuanshi Bu and Xuyang Huo.- Act on Mediation - Significant Step on a Long Way to Make Mediation Work in the Czech Republic; Monika Pauknerova and Magdalena Pfeiffer.- La médiation dans l'Espace CEMAC: La médiation en droits camerounais, centrafricain, congolais, gabonais et tchadien; Achille Ngwanza.- The Courts and Bar Association as Drivers for Mediation in Finland; Petri Taivalkoski and Annika Pynnä.- Mediation in Germany: Finding the Right Balance between Regulation and Self-Regulation; Burkhard Hess and Nils Pelzer.- Mediation: the Greek ADR Journey through Time; Georgios Diamantopoulos and Vassiliki Koumpli.- Mediation in Italy: Feature and Trends; Alessandra De Luca.- Regulating Mediation in Japan: Latest Development and its Background; Shusuke Kakiuchi.- The Legal Framework for Mediation in Kazakhstan: Current State, Expectations of Public Recognition and Perspectives for Development; Farkhad Karagussov.- Mediating in Lebanon: From Old to New?; Jalal El Ahdab (Jil Ahdab) and Myriam Eid.- La médiation à la croisée des frontières: le cas luxembourgeois ; Séverine Menétrey.- Mexico and Civil, Family and Commercial Mediation: a Search for Complementary Routes to the State Courts; Nuria González Martín.- Mediation of legal disputes in Norway. Institutionalized, pragmatic and increasingly Popular; Camilla Bernt.- La médiation, une autre voie de justice au Portugal?; Maria José Capelo.- Les diverses facettes de la médiation au Québec: présent et avenir; Sylvette Guillemard.- La médiation entre l’habitude d’avoir recours au système traditionnel de justice et le remboursement de l'intégralité des frais de justice ; Daniel-Mihail Şandru and Dragoş-Alin Călin.- Mediation in Russia: at the Beginning; Alexey Argunov, Vsevolod Argunov, and Alexander Akhmetbekov.- Mediation in Slovenia: A Fruitful and Widespread Tool for Resolving Disputes; Rajko Knez and Petra Weingerl.- A developing Mediation Minnow: the South African Perspective; Theo Broodryk Mediation in Spain: Novelties Derived from the Boost of the European Legislator; Carmen Azcárraga Monzonis and Pablo Quinzá Redondo.- Mediation in Taiwan: Present Situation and Future Developments; Kuan-Ling Shen.- Mediation in Ukraine: Urgent Issues of Theory and Practice and Necessity of Legislative Regulation; Svitlana Fursa.- Annexes.- 1. Mediation-Questionnaire-Viena-2014 (English).- 2. Médiation-Questionnaire-Vienne-2014 (Français).