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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Study aids |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Ware, Stephen J., 1965- Principles of alternative dispute resolution. St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, ©2007 (DLC) 2008270823 (OCoLC)170924268 Print version: Ware, Stephen J., 1965- Principles of alternative dispute resolution. (DLC) 2008270823 (OCoLC)170924268 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen J Ware |
| ISBN: | 9781628103731 1628103736 |
| OCLC Number: | 755262999 |
| Notes: | Revised edition of: Alternative dispute resolution / by Stephen J. Ware. 2001. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 389 pages). |
| Contents: | Preface -- Note to teachers -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1-1: Overview -- 1-2: Disputes -- 1-3: Resolution of disputes -- 1-4: Processes of dispute resolution -- 1-5: Definitions of litigation and ADR -- a: ADR as alternatives to litigation -- b: Litigation as the default process -- 1-6: Introductions to major ADR processes -- a: Negotiation -- b: Mediation and other processes in aid of negotiation -- c: Arbitration -- 1-7: Basic division within ADR: arbitration vs everything else -- a: All ADR processes can produce binding results -- 1: Negotiation -- 2: Mediation and other processes in aid of negotiation -- 3: Arbitration -- b: Arbitration is the only ADR process that can produce binding results without a post-dispute contract -- c: Arbitration or litigation casts the shadow in which negotiation and processes in aid of it occur -- d: Implications for categorizing and comparing processes -- 1-8: Broader perspectives on ADR -- a: ADR diversity -- b: Cool and warm themes; the cost and quality of dispute resolution -- c: Lawyers and ADR -- Chapter 2: Arbitration And Similar Processes -- A: Overview -- 2-1: Arbitration defined -- 2-2: Contractual arbitration and non-contractual arbitration; constitutional right to jury trial -- 2-3: Arbitration law summarized -- a: Post-dispute and pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate -- b: Enforcement of arbitration agreements -- c: Arbitration process -- d: Enforcement of arbitrator's decision or "award" -- B: Sources of contemporary American arbitration law -- 2-4: Federal law -- a: Pro-contract -- b: Court orders to arbitrate; specific performance of arbitration agreements -- c: Broad applicability -- 2-5: State law -- a: Arbitration law -- b: Non-arbitration law -- C: FAA preemption of state law -- 1: Evolution of case law on FAA preemption -- 2-6: Federal arbitration law as (non-preemptive) procedural law -- 2-7: Federal arbitration law as (preemptive) substantive law -- 2-8: FAA creates no federal jurisdiction -- 2: Preemption of state law impeding contract enforcement -- 2-9: Generally -- 2-10: State law prohibiting courts from enforcing arbitration agreements -- 2-11: State law prohibiting courts from enforcing arbitration agreements with the remedy of specific performance -- 2-12: State law making arbitration agreements unenforceable with respect to certain claims -- 2-13: State law making arbitration agreements in certain types of transactions unenforceable -- 2-14: State law raising the standard of assent for contract formation -- 3: Choice-of-law clauses -- 2-15: Introduction -- 2-16: Volt case -- 2-17: Mastrobuono case -- 4: Insurance arbitration -- 2-18: McCarran-Ferguson and the FAA -- D: Formation of enforceable arbitration agreements -- 1: Separability -- 2-19: Prima paint case -- 2-20: Buckeye case -- 2-21: Applications of separability -- 2: Formation -- 2-22: Mutual manifestations of assent -- a: Contract law's objective approach -- b: Recurring fact patterns -- 2-23: Consideration -- 3: Contract law defenses to enforcement -- 2-24: Defenses subject to separability doctrine -- 2-25: Unconscionability -- a: Generally -- b: FAA's constraint on the scope of the unconscionability doctrine -- c: Arbitration organizations' policing against unconscionability -- d: Public policy and child custody -- 2-26: Waiver of the right to arbitrate -- 4: Non-contract law defenses to enforcement: federal statutory claims and public policy -- 2-27: Toward universal arbitrability -- 2-28: Current in arbitrability -- a: Simple in arbitrability -- 1: Labor arbitration -- 2: Automobile dealers and military personnel -- b: Arbitrability with strings attached: the effectively vindicate doctrine -- E: Interpretation of arbitration agreements -- 1: Contractual arbitrability -- 2-29: Introduction -- 2-30: Generally decided by courts -- 2-31: Contractual and non-contractual approaches -- 2: Multi-party disputes -- 2-32: Claims by or against those not party to the arbitration agreement -- a: Party plaintiff vs non-party defendant -- b: Non-party plaintiff vs party defendant -- 2-33: Consolidation of, and stays pending, related proceedings -- 2-34: Class actions -- 3: Arbitration procedure -- 2-35: Overview -- 2-36: Pre-hearing -- a: Selection of arbitrator(s) -- 1: Methods of selection -- 2: Arbitrator fees -- 3: Judicial and regulatory constraints on party selection of arbitrator(s) -- b: Pleadings -- c: Filing fees (and un-administered arbitration) -- d: Discovery -- 2-37: Hearing -- a: General comparison with trial -- b: Role of lawyers -- c: Rules of evidence -- d: No hearing; dispositive motions -- e: Written awards; reasoned opinions -- 2-38: Remedies -- a: Determined by contract, within limitations -- 1: Generally determined by contract; the Mastrobuono case -- 2: Limitations on contract; the book case -- b: Typical contract terms -- c: Consequences of limiting remedies in arbitration -- 4: Governing substantive law, if any -- 2-39: Substantive law applied in arbitration -- F: Effect of arbitration award -- 1: Enforcement of arbitration award -- 2-40: Confirmation -- 2-41: Claim preclusion (res judicata) -- a: Generally applicable -- b: Labor exception -- 2-42: Issue preclusion (collateral estoppel) -- 2: Vacatur of arbitration award -- 2-43: Introduction -- a: Vacatur is rare -- b: Statutory and non-statutory grounds -- 2-44: Statutory grounds -- a: Corruption, fraud or undue means -- b: Evident partiality or corruption -- c: Fundamentally fair hearing -- d: Exceeded powers -- 2-45: Non-statutory grounds -- a: Error of law, including manifest disregard -- 1: Narrow ground for Vacatur -- 2: Recent expansion -- b: Public policy -- c: Grounds created by contract -- 2-46: Federal preemption of state law -- a: State grounds for Vacatur broader than federal -- b: State grounds for Vacatur narrower than federal -- G: International arbitration -- 2-47: Introduction: public law arbitration and commercial arbitration -- 2-48: New York convention -- a: Basic provisions -- b: Effect of United States ratification -- c: Significance -- 2-49: Practice of international commercial arbitration -- H: Employment arbitration and labor arbitration -- 2-50: Conventional distinction between "employment" and "labor" -- 2-51: FAA's exclusion of certain "contracts of employment" -- 2-52: Employment arbitration -- 2-53: Labor arbitration -- a: LMRA rather than FAA -- b: Practice of labor arbitration -- 1: Two peculiarities -- 2: Labor law and CBAs -- c: Few arbitrable claims -- 1: Law -- 2: Union, not employee, controls arbitration -- 3: Narrowly drafted arbitration clauses -- d: Interest arbitration -- I: Processes similar to arbitration -- 2-54: Private judging ("rent-a-judge") -- 2-55: Non-contractual, yet binding, arbitration -- a: Introduction -- b: Examples -- 1: Federal programs -- 2: Government employees-federal -- 3: Government employees-state and local -- 4: Railway Labor Act -- 5: State "lemon" laws -- 6: State auto insurance laws -- 7: Attorney fee disputes. 3: Negotiation -- A: Negotiation contexts -- 3-1: Dispute negotiation and transactional negotiation -- 3-2: Dispute negotiation and lawyers; settlement negotiation defined -- 3-3: Settlement negotiation and the shadow of the law -- 3-4: Bilateral monopoly of settlement negotiation -- B: Settlement/litigation choice -- 3-5: Valuing a case -- a: Introduction to case valuation -- b: Factors lawyers and clients should consider in valuing a case -- c: Timing of the settlement/litigation choice -- d: Risk aversion and diversification -- 1: Risk aversion -- 2: Diversification -- e: Expected value, BATNA and the bottom line -- f: Psychological barriers to valuing a case accurately -- 1: Availability bias -- 2: Anchoring bias -- 3: Egocentric biases -- 4: Overconfidence bias -- g: Valuation of criminal cases -- 3-6: Disagreements between lawyer and client about the settlement/litigation choice -- a: Generally -- b: Legal fees -- 1: Hourly billing -- 2: Contingency fees -- 3: Retainers and other fixed-fees (especially in criminal practice) -- 4: Legal fees paid through liability insurance -- c: Professional responsibility -- C: Negotiation theory -- 3-7: Zero-sum and positive-sum -- 3-8: Zero-sum (distributive) negotiation -- 3-9: Positive-sum (integrative) negotiation -- a: Example on the time value of money -- b: Importance of multiple issues -- 3-10: Positive-sum (integrative) negotiation is not always worthwhile, or even possible -- 3-11: Bottom lines and settlement zones -- a: Case valuations determine bottom lines which determine settlement zones -- b: Predictions about the results of litigation -- 1: Predictions that usually (but not always) result in a settlement zone -- 2: Predictions less likely to result in a settlement zone: cases of over-optimism -- c: Conclusion -- 3-12: Settlement zone does not ensure settlement (barriers to settlement) -- a: Ignorance of settlement zone's existence or boundaries -- b: Dividing the value created by settlement -- 3-13: Bottom lines and settlement zones in positive-sum (integrative) negotiation -- D: Approaches to negotiation -- 3-14: Terminology -- 1: Adversarial/competitive approach -- 3-15: Opening offers -- 3-16: Few and small concessions -- 3-17: False concessions -- 3-18: Concession tricks and escalation tactics -- 3-19: Deception and information -- 3-20: Misinformation about bottom lines and the strength of your case -- a: Generally -- b: Lying about one's bottom line -- c: Projecting confidence in one's case and lack of interest in settling -- d: Effect of misinformation about bottom lines -- 3-21: Psychological warfare -- a: Anger, threats, ridicule, accusation and intimidation -- b: Negotiate on your own turf -- c: Outnumber your counterparts -- d: Negotiate when you have time and your counterpart does not -- e: Lack of authority -- f: Locked into position -- g: Feign irrationality -- h: Wolf in sheep's clothing -- 3-22: Drawbacks of the adversarial/competitive approach -- 2: Cooperative approach and the prisoner's dilemma -- 3-23: Cooperative approach -- 3-24: Prisoner's dilemma and the importance of reputation -- a: Prisoner's dilemma -- b: Importance of reputation and the incentive to cooperate -- 3-25: Tactics for a cooperative lawyer with an adversarial/competitive counterpart -- 3: Problem-solving approach -- 3-26: Overview of problem-solving -- a: Positive-sum -- b: Coinciding interests (with a tax law example) -- c: Logrolling multiple issues -- d: Tactics listed -- 3-27: Interests, not positions -- 3-28: Communicating your side's interests -- 3-29: Variety of solutions -- 3-30: Drawbacks of the problem-solving approach -- 4: Gender, culture, race and ethnicity -- 3-31: Gender -- 3-32: Culture, race and ethnicity -- E: Preparing for negotiation -- 3-33: Introduction -- 3-34: Identifying your client's interests, bottom line and specific goals -- 3-35: Identifying other party's interests, bottom line and specific goals -- 3-36: Adjusting during negotiation -- a: Adjusting approaches during negotiation -- b: Adjusting your bottom line during negotiation -- 3-37: Specific preparations -- F: Law governing settlement -- 3-38: Criminal and tort law; "good faith" in negotiation -- 3-39: Sales law -- a: Legal effects of releases and settlement agreements -- 1: Releases -- 2: Settlement agreements -- b: Grounds for non-enforcement -- 1: Duress and unconscionability -- 2: Misrepresentation and mistake -- 3: Requirement of a writing -- 4: Public policy -- c: Entering judgment on settlement (consent decree) -- d: Plea agreements -- 3-40: Agency law -- 3-41: Multiple parties: indemnity, contribution and Mary Carter agreements -- 3-42: Confidentiality -- a: Generally -- b: Confidentiality agreements prior to or during litigation -- c: Rules of evidence and discovery -- d: Confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements -- G: Settlement/litigation choice: broader perspectives -- 3-43: Normative views on the prevalence of settlement -- 3-44: Resources -- 3-45: Dispute resolution vs public justice. 4: Mediation And Other Processes In Aid Of Negotiation -- A: Overview -- 4-1: Mediation's popularity -- 4-2: Mediation defined -- 4-3: Dispute mediation and transactional mediation -- 4-4: Mandatory mediation and voluntary mediation -- B: Goals of dispute mediation -- 4-5: Generally -- 4-6: Settle cases -- 4-7: Positive-sum or problem-solving -- 4-8: Moral growth -- C: Mediation process -- 4-9: Goals shape process -- 4-10: Mediation process generally -- a: Participants -- b: Starting to mediate -- c: Joint sessions, private caucuses and shuttle diplomacy -- d: Facilitating communication -- 1: Direct communication -- 2: Indirect communication -- e: Settlement offers -- f: Agreements -- 4-11: Identifying settlement zones and overcoming barriers to settlement -- 4-12: Positive-sum -- a: In general -- b: Coinciding interests -- c: Logrolling multiple issues -- d: Trusted intermediary combining information -- 4-13: Evaluation by the mediator -- a: Appeal of evaluation -- b: Concerns about evaluation -- 1: Interests vs rights -- 2: Is "evaluative mediation" an oxymoron? -- 3: Mediator's credibility -- c: Mediator's evaluation given to the court -- 4-14: Broad or narrow scope of issues -- 4-15: Party self-determination and mediator impartiality -- 4-16: Mediated settlement agreement -- a: Practice, including the single-text approach -- b: Enforceability -- D: Mediation contexts -- 4-17: Family -- 4-18: Labor and employment -- 4-19: Community -- 4-20: Business -- 4-21: Public law (including environmental) -- 4-22: Any civil case -- 4-23: Criminal cases -- E: Representing clients in mediation -- 4-24: Whether to mediate -- 4-25: Preparing for mediation -- 4-26: During mediation -- F: Law governing mediation -- 4-27: Mediators' professional duties -- a: Overview -- b: Liability suits against mediators -- c: Occupational licensing: who may mediate? -- 1: Mandatory vs voluntary -- 2: Lawyer-mediators -- 3: Non-lawyer mediators -- d: Private duties (including ethical standards) -- 4-28: Confidentiality -- a: Generally -- b: Confidentiality agreements prior to or during litigation -- c: Rules of evidence and discovery -- d: Mediation privilege -- e: Confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements -- 4-29: Agreements to mediate -- 4-30: Mandatory mediation -- a: Generally -- b: Policy arguments for and against -- c: Who must participate? -- d: Good faith -- e: Additional pressures to settle -- f: Settlement conference as mediation -- G: Other processes in aid of negotiation -- 4-31: Introduction to other processes -- a: Various processes providing non-binding adjudication or evaluation -- b: Defining terms -- 1: Non-binding adjudication -- 2: Evaluation -- 4-32: Non-binding arbitration -- 4-33: Neutral evaluation -- 4-34: Mini-trial -- 4-35: Summary jury trial -- 4-36: Arguments for and against making these processes mandatory -- a: Appeal of mandatory non-binding adjudication and evaluation -- b: Concerns about mandating non-binding adjudication and evaluation -- Appendix A: Federal Arbitration Act -- Appendix B: New York Convention -- Table of cases -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Concise hornbook series. |
| Other Titles: | Alternative dispute resolution Ware's principles of alternative dispute resolution |
| Responsibility: | by Stephen J. Ware, Professor of Law, University of Kansas. |
Abstract:
Provides a clear and reliable statement of the law and concepts central to ADR (arbitration, negotiation, mediation and other processes). Its thorough coverage of arbitration law renders this challenging and rapidly-changing body of statutes and caselaw accessible to the student.
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