This article will consider the role that Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘Dham Kha Chen Ki Khendum’ or ‘Nangkha Nangdrik’) currently plays in resolving legal conflict in Bhutan. With a Constitution that has committed to the pursuit of Gross National Happiness, non-adversarial dispute resolution processes that promote continuing relationships and goodwill assume greater importance. One difficulty for Bhutan is that alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation (Dhum Drik) are being referred to in enactments of the Bhutanese National Council and National Assembly (bicameral parliament), without a shared understanding as to the characteristics and functionality of these procedures. This article will focus particularly on the current practice of mediation in Bhutan and investigate whether particular models of mediation are more suited to the Bhutanese context, given the particularities of Bhutanese culture, the search for gross national happiness, psychological understandings of happiness and the omnipresent influence of Mahayana Buddhism.
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机译：本文将探讨替代性争议解决（“ Dham Kha Chen Ki Khendum”或“ Nangkha Nangdrik”）目前在解决不丹法律冲突中的作用。凭借致力于追求国民幸福总值的宪法，促进持续关系和善意的非对抗性争端解决程序变得更加重要。不丹面临的一个困难是，不丹国民议会和国民议会（国会议员）的成文法提到了诸如调解（Dhum Drik）之类的替代性争端解决程序，而对这些程序的特征和功能没有共同的理解。本文将特别关注不丹目前的调解实践，并考虑到不丹文化的特殊性，寻求国民的总体幸福感，对幸福的心理理解以及无处不在的影响，研究特定的调解模式是否更适合不丹人的情况。大乘佛教
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