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Winner of the 1985 CPR Award for Excellence in ADR (Outstanding Book Category)
The first edition of this book, published in 1985, was adopted as a text by more than 60 different law schools. Now, the fourth edition of Dispute Resolution: Negotitation, Mediation, and Other Processes presents the latest developments in the three main processes for settling legal disputes without litigation. In addressing mediation, negotiation, arbitration, and important hybrid approaches, the casebook:
- takes a thorough, systematic approach, moving from overviews to critical analyses, then to application, evaluation, and practice
- draws on the combined strengths of a distinguished and experienced team of authors
- uses direct, accessible writing to help students grasp important concepts
- offers particularly strong coverage of mediation, a growing area of ADR study
- supplies an ADR Research Guide in an appendix
Completely updated throughout, the Fourth Edition presents:
- important contributions from new co-author Sarah Rudolph Cole, who represents the perspective of a new generation of ADR academics
- an increased number and range of excerpted materials and readings
- new or expanded problems, questions, and simulations that give students experience in evaluating, preparing for, and practicing the various dispute resolution techniques expanded coverage of arbitration and dispute systems design
Table of Contents Part I. Overview Part II. Processes - Negotiation
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Combining and Applying the Basic Processes
Part III. Dispute Resolution and the Justice System - Courts and ADR
- Confidentiality
Part IV. Selected Applications - Family Disputes
- Public Disputes
- International Disputes
Part V. The Future of ADR Part VI. Dispute Resolution Problems
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