This wide-ranging study considers the primary forms of decision-making
- negotiation mediation & umpiring
- in the context of rapidly changing discourses & practices of civil justice across many jurisdictions. Much contemporary discussion in this field & associated projects of institutional design are taking place under the wide ranging but imprecise label of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). If a common linking theme is sought the authors argue that this must lie in a general shift of priorities as between judgement & settlement in ideological terms. This new edition brings together & analyses a wide range of materials dealing with dispute processes & the current debates on civil justice. With the help of a selection of texts beyond those ordinarily found in the emerging alternative dispute resolution literature it provides a broad comparative perspective on modes of handling civil disputes with the principal focus on the central processes of negotiation & mediation.