Beyond the courtroom : resolving disputes through agreement /

Abramson, Harold I.,

Beyond the courtroom : resolving disputes through agreement / collected articles and and book chapters by Hal Abramson. - New York, NY : Touro University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xviii, 486 pages) : illustrations - Touro University Press books .

Includes bibliographies and index.

1. Introduction and overview of the three parts -- 2. Mediation representation : Acknowledgements -- 3. Problem-solving advocacy in mediations : a model of client representation -- 4. Mediation representation : Table of contents and introductory chapter -- 5. Are legal disputes just about money? Answers from mediators on the front line -- 6. Mediation representation : Representing clients anywhere -- 7A. International dispute resolution : cross-cultural dimensions and structuring appropriate processes (A) -- 7B. International dispute resolution : cross-cultural dimensions and structuring appropriate processes (B) -- 8. Protocols for international arbitrators who dare to settle cases -- 9. Mining mediation rules for representation opportunities and obstacles -- 10. Selecting mediators and representing clients in cross-cultural disputes -- 11. Criteria for approving programs to qualify mediators for IMI inter-cultural certification -- 12. Crossing borders into new ethical territory : ethical challenges when mediating cross-culturally -- 13. Outward bound to other cultures : seven guidelines for U.S. dispute resolution trainers -- 14. The new Singapore mediation convention : the process and key choices -- 15. Mediation representation, 3rd edition, Chapter 1, Negotiating in mediations -- 16. Fashioning an effective negotiation style : choosing between good practices, tactics and tricks -- 17. Nelson Mandela as negotiator : What can we learn from him?

"Beyond the Courtroom provides a compilation of articles and chapters by a dispute resolution scholar who has made remarkable contributions over his thirty-year career. Professor Abramson has focused his research and practice on parties trying to resolve their own disputes. This book includes publications that have contributed to launching the then new field of mediation representation with special attention on how attorneys, as gate keepers to mediation, can effectively represent clients. The book also includes his original publications that have contributed to the emerging field of intercultural and international mediation and the already robust and mature field of negotiations"--



9781644692554 9781644692561

2019037849


Dispute resolution (Law)
Mediation.


Electronic Books.

K2390 / .B496 2020