Alternative Dispute Resolution category: 74 books
Mediation Law
Journey through Institutionalism to Juridification
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
In England mediation became a key part of the civil justice reform agenda after the Woolf Reforms of 1996, as disputants were deflected from litigation towards settlement outside the court system. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) give courts the power to ‘encourage’ mediation through judicial case...
by James Pickavance
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
In the United Kingdom, adjudication is available as a right for parties to a construction contract, following the enactment of the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996. In general, within a comparatively short period of time, parties in dispute will have a decision from an adjudicator,...
Resource-Based Dispute Management
A Guide for the Environmental Dispute Manager
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
The Resource-Based Dispute Management System concept proposes a management system that sequences the particular natural resource with cultural diversities to broaden the individuals perspectives within the negotiation and mediation processes.
How Mediation Works
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
From the leading authors in mediation and dispute resolution comes this new psychology-based work on the nuts and bolts of mediation. Using the behavioral theories of interests, rights, and power, Goldberg, Brett, and Brenneur explain what mediators do, what makes for a successful mediator, and how...
Rules of Evidence in International Arbitration
An Annotated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2019
Now in a fully updated second edition, Rules of Evidence in International Arbitration: An Annotated Guide remains an invaluable reference for lawyers, arbitrators and in-house counsel involved in cross-border dispute resolution. Drawing on current case law, this book looks at the common issues brought...
by Zheng Sophia Tang
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Arbitration and jurisdiction agreements are frequently used in transnational commercial contracts to reduce risk, gain efficacy and acquire certainty and predictability. Because of the similarities between these two types of procedural autonomy agreements, they are often treated in a similar way by...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Delay and disruption in the course of construction impacts upon building projects of any scale. Now in its 5th edition Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts continues to be the pre-eminent guide to these often complex and potentially costly issues and has been cited by the judiciary as a...
Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts
First Supplement
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Delay and disruption in the course of construction impacts upon building projects of any scale. Now in its 5th edition Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts continues to be the pre-eminent guide to these often complex and potentially costly issues and has been cited by the judiciary as a...
by Cyril Chern
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Mediation as a method of dispute resolution is well known and practised worldwide, and this book provides the knowledge necessary for those actively involved in mediation work as well as for those who need to learn the process.
This is an invaluable guide on how to mediate, what forms should...
Staying with Conflict
A Strategic Approach to Ongoing Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2009
Winner of the 2009 CPR Award for Outstanding Book
In this groundbreaking book, Bernard Mayer, a pioneer in the field of conflict resolution, offers a new paradigm for dealing with long-term disputes. Mayer explains that when dealing with enduring conflict, mediators and other conflict resolution...
The New Lawyer
How Settlement Is Transforming the Practice of Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Today’s justice system and the legal profession have rendered the “lawyer-warrior” notion outdated, shifting toward conflict resolution rather than protracted litigation. The new lawyer’s skills go beyond court battles to encompass negotiation, mediation, collaborative practice, and restorative...
Structured Negotiation
A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Without lawsuits, Structured Negotiation has led to settlement agreements with Bank of America, Walmart, CVS, Major League Baseball, Anthem, Weight Watchers, and a host of other organizations. Settlements with the City and County of San Francisco, Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, and Massachusetts...
Little Book of Conflict Transformation
Clear Articulation Of The Guiding Principles By A Pioneer In The Field
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
This clearly articulated statement offers a hopeful and workable approach to conflict—that eternally beleaguering human situation. John Paul Lederach is internationally recognized for his breakthrough thinking and action related to conflict on all levels—person-to-person, factions within communities,...
The Big Book of Restorative Justice
Four Classic Justice & Peacebuilding Books in One Volume
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
For the first time, the four most popular restorative justice books in the Justice & Peacebuilding series—The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes—are...