Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution by Susan B. Meek, M.D., J.D. is a comprehensive reference for attorneys, mediators, and anyone participating in ADR proceedings. This 373-page softcover covers all major ADR processes — negotiation, mediation, and arbitration — with practical checklists, sample forms, court cases, role-playing exercises, and ethics guidance.
- Author: Susan B. Meek, M.D., J.D.
- ISBN-10: 0-913875-30-9
- ISBN-13: 978-0-913875-30-8
- Copyright: September 15, 1996
- Pages: 373
- Binding: Softcover
- Size: 6 x 9 inches
Topics Include:
- The growing field of ADR — goals, objectives, and the ADR Act
- Negotiation — strategy, communication, BATNA, ethics of misrepresentation, styles, and checklists
- Areas of negotiation — insurance, criminal, business, family law, medical malpractice, and employment
- Introduction to mediation — benefits, models, and legislation
- Steps to successful mediation — mediator selection, caucus process, impasse, and closure
- Areas of mediation — family law, employment, personal injury, environmental, and commercial
- Ethics of mediation — codes of conduct, conflict of interest, and mediator liability
- Mediation court cases
- Arbitration — statutes, arbitration clauses, adhesion contracts, and unconscionability
- Arbitration court cases
