This book on appellate mediation serves as a guide for every appellate judge, lawyer, mediator, professor or student engaged in the practice or study of appellate law.

This book charts the historical and current interaction between lawyers and mediation in both the common law and civil law world and analyses a number of issues relevant to lawyers’ part in the process. Lawyers have in the past and continue to play many roles in the context of mediation. While some are champions for the process, many remain on the fringes and apathetic, while others are openly sceptical or even anti-mediation in their stance. Yet others may have embraced mediation but, it is argued, for cynical, disingenuous reasons. By reviewing existing empirical evidence on lawyers’ interactions with mediation and by examining historical and current trends in lawyers’ dalliance with mediation, this book seeks to shed new light on a number of related issues, including: lawyers’ resistance to mediation; lawyers’ motives for involvement with mediation; the appropriateness of lawyers acting as mediators and party representatives; and the impact that both lawyers and the increasing institutionalisation of mediation have had on the normative form of the process, as well as the impact that mediation experience heralds for lawyers and legal systems in general.

"This book explains how to mediate legal disputes-cases serious enough for parties to hire lawyers to represent them-and describes the techniques you can use to resolve them"--

For an in-depth discussion of all the issues that a mediator or advocate needs to become an expert on the process, turn to Dwight Golanns award-winning MEDIATING LEGAL DISPUTES. Recognized by the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution For The best book published in the field of dispute resolution, MEDIATING LEGAL DISPUTES is the only mediation resource youll need. The author discusses not only the very real psychological dimensions of disputing, but also grapples with tough techniques like decision analysis and evaluation to deal with real disputes over who will win in court. This valuable reference offers unique and powerful mediation methods that: Minimize the impact of spin tactics, private agendas, and hard-line bargaining strategies Calculate the cost of litigation alternatives as part of the mediation strategy Overcome hidden obstacles to settlement, such as emotional/psychological sticking points Apply sophisticated techniques (such as on-the-spot laptop computer programs) to analyze risk and break negotiating impasses Meet the challenges posed by specialized disputes such as employment and environmental cases Youll also learn mediation techniques for reducing friction, counteracting 'bad blood,' and guiding your case to satisfactory resolution.