Dispute Resolution: Examples & Explanations - Softcover

Andrea Kupfer Schneider; Michael L. Moffitt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735570884 ISBN 13: 9780735570887

Publisher: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2008

Synopsis

<p> <b>Examples & Explanations: Dispute Resolution</b> is the perfect complement to any course on ADR, Negotiation, Mediation, or Arbitration, because it balances theory with practice exercises — the way dispute resolution is taught in most classes. Using the proven-effective <i>Examples & Explanations</i> pedagogy, straightforward text explains legal doctrines and analytic frameworks; examples and explanations give students practice applying those concepts in every chapter. </p> <p> <b>From the highly respected <i>Examples & Explanations</i> series, <i> Examples & Explanations: Dispute Resolution</i> features</b>: </p> <ul> <li> <b>clear and timely introductions to legal theory and analytic frameworks</b>, including: <ul> <li> the <b>Federal Arbitration Act,</b> federal preemption, challenges to arbitration, and evolving federal law </li> <li> confidentiality, the <b>Uniform Mediation Act</b>, and state confidentiality laws </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <b>explanations of each of the three primary ADR processes</b> and the key concepts typically taught in an ADR class </li> <li> <b>examples and explanations pedagogy</b> that gives students practice applying the concepts covered in each chapter </li> <li> a <b>logical organization</b> that traces the coverage in most survey courses on Dispute Resolution </li> <li> <b>liberal use of visual aids</b>, such as diagrams, charts, and conceptual illustrations </li> <li> <b>references to the principle cases</b> used in most leading casebooks, including recent Supreme Court opinions </li> <li> <b>distinguished authorship</b>: Moffitt is co-editor of the award-winning Handbook of Dispute Resolution and has authored more than a dozen articles on dispute resolution; Schneider is a co-author of Dispute Resolution: Beyond the Adversarial Model, with Menkel-Meadow et al., and co-author of two other books on negotiation with Roger Fisher </li> </ul> <p> The <i>Examples & Explanations</i> pedagogy is perfectly tailored for the way most dispute resolution courses are taught. Examine your desk copy to determine whether your students wouldn't benefit from working through these carefully-crafted questions and hypotheticals on their own or as part of a classroom exercise. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0735570884
• ISBN 13: 9780735570887
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340