Books, Law, Procedures & Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

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Christopher W. Moore
The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict
by Jossey-Bass (Paperback)

Since it was first published in 1986, The Mediation Process has become a landmark resource for mediation practitioners, trainers, students, and professionals in corporate, legal, health care, education, and governmental arenas. This thoroughly revised and expanded third edition has been updated to include coverage of the most contemporary issues in mediation practice and to provide updated bibliographical resources.

Leonard L. Riskin; James E. Westbrook; Chris Guthrie; Timothy J. Heinsz; Richard C. Reuben; Jennifer K. Robbennolt
Dispute Resolution And Lawyers (American Casebook Series) (American Casebook Series)
by West (Hardcover)

This classic casebook approaches dispute resolution from the unique perspective of lawyers, including their various roles as counselors, advocates, and dispute resolution specialists, and as human beings involved in these processes. While retaining its familiar style, organization, accessibility and sense of humor, the new edition also updates this classroom-tested casebook with all major cases and practice, empirical, and theoretical developments, and gives special emphasis to problem-solving and understanding and managing conflict.

Dwight Golann, Lisa A. Kloppenberg, Thomas Stipanowich
Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, And Law (Casebook)
by Aspen Publishers (Hardcover)

"Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law" is an ideal and up-to-date text for the new generation of practice-oriented dispute resolution courses. This lively new book captures a lawyer's perspective on resolving disputes effectively and prepares your students to represent clients effectively in all forms of alternative dispute resolution. This timely and teachable text: presents class-tested material designed for the survey course, with sections on negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and hybrid designs; integrates theory with strategies, ethics, and the law; emphasizes practice applications and useful approaches; focuses on the lawyer's perspective; the negotiation section highlights professional negotiation as an agent for clients, while the mediation and arbitration sections stress the role of the representational lawyer; includes examples drawn from headline cases, literature, and lawyers' experiences, adding to the realism and relevance of the text; excerpts the most ...

Stephen B. Goldberg, Frank E. A. Sander, Nancy H. Rogers, Sarah Rudolph Cole
Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes
by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (Hardcover)

Douglas N. Frenkel, James H. Stark
The Practice of Mediation: A Video-integrated Text
by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (Paperback)

Kay Pranis
The Little Book of Circle Processes : A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series)
by Good Books (Paperback)

Peacemaking Circles are used in neighborhoods to provide support for those harmed by crime and to decide sentences for those who commit crime, in schools to create positive classroom climates and resolve behavior problems, in the workplace to deal with conflict, and in social services to develop more organic support systems for people struggling to get their lives together. The Circle process hinges on storytelling. It is hard work, but it is an effort bringing astonishing results around the country.

Donald G. Gifford
Legal Negotiation: Theory and Practice (American Casebook)
by Thomson West (Paperback)

Long-awaited second edition of this classic negotiation text, for the first time including an extensive Teacher's Manual packed with simulation problems and other classroom exercises. Specifically designed to teach students how to negotiate in the actual practice of law, but derived from the ongoing research of social science, law, and business school scholars. Sample dialogue illustrates specific negotiation tactics. Includes discussion of both the influence of race, gender, and nationality on the bargaining process and alternative dispute resolution processes.

Kimberlee K. Kovach
Mediation: Principles and Practice (American Casebook Series)
by West (Paperback)

The author, Professor Kimberlee K. Kovach of South Texas College of Law, has been active I training and teaching mediation as well as other ADR processes for over fifteen years. Her book integrates the theory, law and practice of mediation into one work. It also examines the historical, legal and ethical parameters of mediation. The textbook includes exercises, questions and problems for simulations. The book can be used as a coursebook in a more traditional course on mediation, as the basis for a skills based course, or as the text for a clinical course. After a general overview, the chapters are divided so that each one introduces a distinct stage in the mediation process, which the student can dissect and master. Upon putting the process together, a number of contemporary issues facing mediation are examined. The chapters are designed so that each instuctor may determine the specific order of assignment.

Tricia S. Jones, Ross Brinkert
Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual
by Sage Publications, Inc (Paperback)

Recent research shows that between 25-85% of conflict disputants referred to mediation choose not to participate (i.e., they resist wanting to meet face-to-face). In the field of conflict resolution, conflict coaching is the only process that has emerged which allows resolution methods to work on a one-on-one basis. Conflict Coaching: Conflict Management Strategies and Skills for the Individual defines this growing area of conflict resolution and distinguishes conflict coaching as a stand-alone resolution technique. In a service society where human relationships are central to our professional as well as personal lives, individuals value one-on-one attention to obtain custom solutions for handling important interpersonal communication.Rooted in research and theory, the text is organized into three sections, Introducing Conflict Coaching, Conducting Conflict Coaching, and Integrating Conflict Coaching, and offers a practical model for coaching. It is a useful volume for students ...

Mary Greenwood
How to Mediate Like a Pro: 42 Rules for Mediating Disputes
by iUniverse, Inc. (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-02-01)

For over twenty-five years, Author Mary Greenwood has been resolving disputes in her professional career as an Attorney, Mediator, Human Resources Director, Union Negotiator, and Labor Arbitrator. Her book How to Negotiate Like a Pro, Which has won six book awards, was based on her experience as a Union Negotiator. The sequel How to Mediate Like a Pro is based on her experience as a Mediator in over 7000 cases. Greenwood noticed that there were certain Rules or characteristics of The cases that settled that were not present in the cases that did not settle. Among those Rules you will find the following: Be A Devil’s Advocate You Can Mediate With A Lunatic Everyone Makes Mistakes Let The Parties Tell Their Story Know When To Fold Greenwood lists each Rule and Script and offers a concise explanation on how and when to use it in Mediation. How to Mediate Like a Pro presents strategies and practical tips for the Mediation process. It will give you insight on how to ...

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