Dispute Processes

Dispute Processes by Simon Roberts

This wide-ranging study considers the primary forms of decision-making - negotiation, mediation, and umpiring - in the context of rapidly changing discourses and practices of civil justice across many jurisdictions. Much contemporary discussion in this field, and associated projects of institutional design, are taking place under the wide ranging but imprecise label of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). If a common linking theme is sought, the authors argue that this must lie in a general shift of priorities as between judgement and settlement in ideological terms. This new edition brings together and analyses a wide range of materials dealing with dispute processes and the current debates on civil justice. With the help of a selection of texts beyond those ordinarily found in the emerging alternative dispute resolution literature it provides a broad, comparative perspective on modes of handling civil disputes, with the principal focus on the central processes of negotiation and mediation.

Dispute Processes: ADR and the Primary Forms of Decision-Making makes interesting reading for any dispute resolution practitionersIt is also an excellent academic account of the key principles and their context. … the underlying message is clear: a negotiator who knows the tools of decision making will achieve better results than those who do not know them.' Student Law Journal

Professor of Law, Department of Law, London School of Economics. Professor of Law and Chair of the Centre of East Asian Law, Department of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) , University of London.

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ISBN 13	9780521676014
ISBN 10	0521676010
Title	Dispute Processes
Author	Simon Roberts
Series	Law In Context
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2005-10-20
Number of pages	408
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