ADR: Principles and Practice

ADR: Principles and Practice is an essential Alternative Dispute Resolution title. The third edition will cover theory, principles and practice of ADR especially mediation, providing understanding, guidance and authority. It will explore and integrate models of practice; examine strategies; provide precedents; assist practitioners, policy makers and the judiciary in addressing the issues affecting practice; and generally provide an encyclopaedic work of reference for practitioners and students.

Chapter 1: conflicts and dispute; Chapter 2: dispute resolution online; Chapter 3: litigation and court reform; Chapter 4: arbitration and other adjudication; Chapter 5: court #annexed ADR; Chapter 6: negotiation; Chapter 7: Mediation; Chapter 8: mediation stages and facets; Chapter 9: civil and commercial mediation; Chapter 10: divorce and family mediation and other family processes; Chapter 11: employment mediation and conciliation; Chapter 12: mediation of community and neighbour disputes; Chapter 13: victim-offender mediation and reparation; Chapter 14: mediation of environmental and public policy issues; Chapter 15: on being a mediator; Chapter 16: non-binding evaluative ADR; Chapter 17: ADR: information technology, the internet and cyberspace; Chapter 18: choice and timing of process use; Chapter 19: lawyers# role representing parties in mediation; Chapter 20: jurisdiction forum and law; Chapter 21: ethics and values, fairness and power balance; Chapter 22: confidentiality and privilege; Chapter 23: enforcement of ADR outcomes; Chapter 24: regulation, funding and insurance; Chapter 25: future directions