Written by authors of the respected casebook, Resolving Disputes, this next-generation book:
- includes all of the mediation material in Resolving Disputes as well as selected materials from the negotiation and hybrid sections.
- expands some mediation coverage in the casebook, including listening, positional bargaining, and court programs.
- adds mediation coverage not in the casebook, including discussions of the merits of mediation, psychological issues, mediating class actions, and conducting multi-party mediation.
- emphasizes the lawyer's perspective by focusing on professional negotiation as an agent for clients.
- includes examples drawn from headline cases, literature, and lawyers' experiences that will capture student interest.
- New exercises that illustrate how lawyers can use and shape the mediation process, such as when selecting mediators and dealing with positional bargainers.
- New exercises include a cross-cultural business role-playing scenario to give students a sense of the actuality of mediation.
- A new DVD with commercial mediators mediating an international business dispute, which is organized into short chapters that show a particular stage in the process or technique, ranging from a pre-mediation meeting to the use of decision analysis and impasse-breaking techniques.
The authors continue to draw on their extensive experience as ADR teachers, trainers, and practitioners to refresh the Second Edition with:
Mediation: The Roles of Advocate and Neutral, Second Edition, concentrates on the practical, real-world aspects of mediation rather than the theoretical or academic in order to better prepare students for their role as lawyers in the mediation process.