Since then, leading cases on Alternative Dispute Resolution have been enunciated by the Supreme Court defining new principles, clarifying previously debated theories, and strengthening existing doctrines of which readers have to be apprised. A discussion on the Katarungang Pambarangay, the system of mediation and arbitration at the grassroots level ordained under the Local Government Code of 1991, will provide readers with an immediately accessible reference material on said related subject. A revision of this book is, therefore, timely and necessary.