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conflict pyramid  

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  • Sociolegal scholars use the metaphor of a pyramid to represent an aggregate view of the multiple stages inherent in the transition of individual social disputes from recognition and development through to eventual resolution. The chosen shape of a pyramid captures the idea of the exponential decline in the number of claims that individuals pursue at each stage of a long dispute resolution process. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Conflict Pyramid]

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