Beyondthe Courtroom provides a compilation of articles and chaptersby a dispute resolution  scholar who has maderemarkable contributions over his thirty-year career. Professor Abramson hasfocused his research and practice on parties trying to resolve their owndisputes. This book includes publications that have contributed to launchingthe then new field of mediation representation with special attention on howattorneys, as gate keepers to mediation, can effectively represent clients. Thebook also includes his original publications that have contributed to the emergingfield of intercultural and international mediation and the already robust andmature field of negotiations.