A Handbook of dispute resolution : ADR in action /
Dispute resolution
edited by Karl J. Mackie.
- xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Based on papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Nottingham in 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-294) and index.
Dispute Resolution / Dispute Resolution Mechanisms and Procedural Justice -- Introduction -- Procedure or Result / Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Civil Justice System / Complaints Mechanisms in Administrative Law: Recent Developments / Developments in Commercial Arbitration / Neighbour Disputes / Negotiation and Mediation / Disputes in Social Context -- Introduction -- Industrial Relations Disputes / Alternative Dispute Resolution / Family Conciliation / Articulating the Power of `Us Plus Them' / Local Authority Decision Making and Homelessness / Consumer Protection / ADR - Some International Experience -- Introduction -- Non-Judicial Dispute Processing in West Germany / Building an Arbitration and Mediation Centre / Mediation and the People's Republic of China / Alternative Dispute Resolution in Australia / Training, Research and Futures -- Introduction -- Training Mediators / Considering Dispute Resolution / Conclusion: Dispute Resolution Futures / Karl Mackie -- Tom Tyler -- George Appleby -- Patrick Birkinshaw -- R. E. Wright -- Tony F. Marshall -- Karl J. Mackie -- Acas -- John Birds and Cosmo Graham -- Janet Walker -- Tony Gibson -- Graham Robson -- Richard Thomas -- Dorothea Eidmann and Konstanze Plett -- Bonita J. Thompson QC -- Micheal J. E. Palmer -- David A. Newton -- David A. Cruickshank -- Neil Gold -- Karl J. Mackie. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part 2. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part 3. 14. 15. 16. 17. Part 4. 18. 19. 20.
"A Handbook of Dispute Resolution examines the theoretical and practical developments that are transforming the practice of lawyers and other professionals engaged in settling disputes, grievance-handling, and litigation. The book explains what distinguishes alternative dispute resolution (ADR) from other forms of dispute resolution and examines the role ADR can play in the many situations where litigation would once have been the only option, such as family law and company law. In some areas, such as industrial relations, ADR is not an alternative, but the main method of conflict intervention. In this study, several contributors draw on their experience in negotiating between management and unions. Detailed attention is also given to the wide variety of methods open to the non-litigious, including the use of ombudsmen, negotiation, small-claims courts, and mini-trials. Because ADR is a new concept, questions about the training of mediators and about the role of central; government have not yet been resolved. The final section of the book is devoted to discussion of these issues, with case studies drawn from the international arena -- China, Canada, Australia, Germany, and North America -- to place ADR in a cultural and historical perspective."--Publisher description.