Advanced Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution

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This Advanced Introduction provides a succinct overview of the modern forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Examining the variety of disputes in contemporary society, Carrie Menkel-Meadow argues that a fluid and adaptable resolution framework is necessary in order to fulfil the core principles of ADR: cheaper, faster and better solutions to legal disputes.

Key Features:

• Reviews the latest issues in multi-party, multi-issue international disputes
• Outlines adjudication, arbitration, mediation, negotiation and various hybridized processes
• Analyses critiques of alternative forms of dispute resolution as well as jurisprudential theories
• Explores innovations in online dispute resolution, including the challenges and opportunities which arise from the use of artificial intelligence
• Illustrates how innovative processes of facilitation and consensus building can be used for group decision making and deliberative democracy

The Advanced Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution is an essential resource for scholars and students of arbitration, business law and consumer law. Legislators and international relations professionals will likewise benefit from its insightful suggestions for modern dispute resolution.