Making Settlement Work: An Examination of the Work of Judicial Mediators (Routledge Revivals)

This title was first published in 2000. The trend in the public courts and in the private sector toward resolving civil cases through mediation, as opposed to arbitration or trial, seems inescapable. This book documents the emergence of a burgeoning private dispute resolution industry utilizing the services of retired judges, many of whom left the bench early to work as professional mediators.

Stacy Lee Burns, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California Sarah Burns received her B.A. in Sociology from UCLA where she graduated Summa Cum Laude and with Departmental Honors. She then obtained a Master's degree from the UCLA Sociology Department and a Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School, USA. After graduating from law school, Dr. Burns became an attorney in California and practiced plaintiff's tort law for several years. She then completed her Ph.D in the UCLA Sociology Department.