Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes (Casebook) [Hardcover]

Stephen B. Goldberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999 | ISBN-10: 0735500193 | ISBN-13: 978-0735500198 | Edition: 3rd

Written by a distinguished and experienced author team, <b>Dispute Resolution</b> remains a direct and accessible source for your classroom. Now in its Fifth Edition, it continues to provide students with the essentials and more, including overviews, critical examinations, and analyses of the application of ADR¿s three main processes for settling legal disputes without litigation¿negotiation, mediation, and arbitration¿as well as the more important hybrid approaches.<p class=copymedium> <b>This edition retains the great features that have always made it a dependable source for students: </b> <li class=copymedium>provides thorough, systematic coverage, moving from overviews to critical analysis to application to evaluation and practice <li class=copymedium>includes a wealth of simulations (both classic and new) and questions throughout. Simulations allow students to evaluate, prepare for, and practice the various dispute resolution techniques <li class=copymedium>offers strong coverage of mediation, a growing area of ADR study <li class=copymedium>provides an ADR Research Guide in the Appendix <li class=copymedium>The Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated to provide students with all the latest information, including:</b> <li class=copymedium>a new Chapter 11 on importing and exporting mediation and dispute resolution from other countries <li class=copymedium>important new Supreme Court and federal circuit court cases in arbitration, including the two newest Supreme Court cases in this area: Bazzle v. Green Tree Financial Corp. and Buckeye Check Cashing v. Cardegna <li class=copymedium>excerpts from and references to recent books and articles <li class=copymedium>new material on pressing issues in mediation, including whether lawyers engage in the unauthorized practice of law when representing clients outside the jurisdiction where they are licensed and whether mediators should be certified</ul>

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 707 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business Publishers; 3rd edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735500193
• ISBN-13: 978-0735500198
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,291,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for scholars and practitioners of ADR, September 20, 2007

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Sara (GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes (Hardcover)

A wonderful text book for those working or studying in the field. This book is written for law students and some chapters are drier than others, so beware that it doesn't read as easily as some other ADR texts.

Each topic is analyzed from multiple perspectives, accompanied by quotations from experts with distinct backgrounds (attorneys, professors, mediators, professional negotiators, judges depending on the chapter) that explain various points of view.

Each chapter is broken down into sub-headings, for example the Mediation chapter includes sections on the process, the role of the public, social science assessments, regulation and enforcement, and professional responsibility. Each of these sections is further elaborated into narrower topics. Peppered throughout the text, you will find thought-provoking questions that probe your own opinion on a particular situation.

Slightly dry for the novice interested in mediation as a side-job or hobby, but for those who really want to learn about the legal, ethical and practical issues in all types of ADR with real-life and fictional examples, this book can't be beat. I have found something fascinating and insightful on every single page so far.

3.0 out of 5 stars Dispute Redolution, June 22, 2008

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Tammy L. Jones "TJones" (W.V) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes (Hardcover)

I bought the book new and received it very fast.It is a very detailed book yet not as informative as I would have thought. It has more appendices and sitings which makes following it a little difficult.

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Text, November 27, 2007

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WhyTD360 "WhyTD360" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, and Other Processes (Hardcover)

This is a complete and superb text on dispute resolution. It is both introductory and sophisticated. It can be used for an introductory class in ADR in law schools or other university settings. It contains the leading articles and texts of the dispute resolution literature as well as the important documents of mediation and arbitration. Throughout the book are problems and applications. The fifth edition is improved over the last editions but still retains the beneficial attributes of the earlier editions. Because it contains a variety of the leading texts, it would be recommended over the individualized texts from a certain negotiation philosophy. This textbook would not be recommended to a lawyer needing a very quick and how-to guide in preparation for a mediation (see Mediation Representation by Abramson or something similar instead), as the text is comprehensive. Highly recommended.