Understanding Alternative Dispute Resolution (Understanding Series)

About this book

Understanding Alternative Dispute Resolution provides a comprehensive overview of the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR"). The use of ADR methods has grown rapidly and touches the practices of lawyers on a local national and international level. ADR has transformed the nature of the lawyers practice and roles as client counselor advocate and neutral. The treatise covers the major ADR processes including client counseling negotiation mediation arbitration and collaborative law and addresses legal practical and ethical aspects of each process. This title provides a framework for selecting the most appropriate dispute resolution process and will assist attorneys law students neutrals and parties in conflict in effectively addressing managing and resolving disputes.