Examples & Explanations: Dispute Resolution
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
Examples & Explanations
pedagogy, straightforward text explains legal doctrines and analytic frameworks; examples and explanations give students practice applying those concepts in every chapter.
From the highly respected
series,
features
:
•
clear and timely introductions to legal theory and analytic frameworks
, including:
• the
Federal Arbitration Act,
federal preemption, challenges to arbitration, and evolving federal law
• confidentiality, the
Uniform Mediation Act
, and state confidentiality laws
explanations of each of the three primary ADR processes
and the key concepts typically taught in an ADR class
examples and explanations pedagogy
that gives students practice applying the concepts covered in each chapter
• a
logical organization
that traces the coverage in most survey courses on Dispute Resolution
liberal use of visual aids
, such as diagrams, charts, and conceptual illustrations
references to the principle cases
used in most leading casebooks, including recent Supreme Court opinions
distinguished authorship
: 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
The
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.