ABSTRACT
This chapter develops a simple typology of interpersonal conflicts. The evolving scheme of classification is based upon sources of conflicts as well as upon the modes of their settlement. The chapter describes the essentials of the legal method in conflict resolution. Two kinds of conflict are readily distinguished in terms of their bases: the conflict of interest and the conflict of values or belief, although the classification of concrete cases as belonging either to the one or to the other may be different or impossible. A conflict of value is based upon a dissensus concerning the normative status of a social object. A type of dissensus which often leads to conflict is the one concerned with the application of values and norms. Sources of conflict are classified in two broad categories, dissensus and competing interests.
