History of Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Story of a Political, Social, and Cultural Movement

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution offers a comprehensive review of the various types of peaceful practices for resolving conflicts. Written by Jerome Barrett—a longtime practitioner, innovator, and leading historian in the field of ADR—and his son Joseph Barrett, this volume traces the evolution of the ADR process and offers an overview of the precursors to ADR, including negotiation, arbitration, and mediation. The authors explore the colorful beginnings of ADR using illustrative examples from prehistoric Shaman through the European Law Merchant. In addition, the book offers the historical context for the use of ADR in the arenas of diplomacy and business.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-30
Mått:159 x 238 x 31 mm
Vikt:535 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9780787967963

Utforska kategorier

Företagsekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Jerome T. Barrett–historian, writer, arbitrator, trainer, and mediator–writes a history column for ACResolution quarterly magazine and has served as historian of SPIDR and FMCS. Joseph P. Barrett is a senior special writer for Page One at the Wall Street Journal.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword ixWilliam J. UseryPreface xiiiList of Acronyms xxiADR Timeline xxv1. The Roots of ADR: The Deciding Stone to the European Law Merchant 12. Diplomatic ADR: Akhenaton to Woodrow Wilson 193. ADR Comes to America: The Precolonial Period to the Ten-Hour Day 414. The Civil War: The Limits and the Promise of ADR 555. Commercial and Business ADR: The Phoenicians to the American Arbitration Association 696. Employee and Union Struggles: Reconstruction to the Coal Wars 857. Trains and a World War: Pulling ADR into the Twentieth Century 978. Labor-Management ADR, 1920–1945: Bust and Boom 1119. After the War: Taft-Hartley to the Steel Trilogy 12510. Branching Out: ADR in the 1960s 14111. New Rights and New Forms: ADR in the 1970s 15912. Outside the Federal Realm: New Groups Pick Up the ADR Torch 17713. Crisis and Rebirth: Labor-Management ADR in the 1980s 19114. The Era of Win-Win: Nonlabor ADR Becomes a Force of Its Own 20915. The Great Expansion: ADR in the 1990s 23916. ADR and the Twenty-First Century: Threats and Hopes 259Bibliography 271About the Authors 283Index 285