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Author Relis, Tamara.

Title Perceptions in litigation and mediation : lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and gendered parties / Tamara Relis
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Description xix, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Great misconceptions or disparate perceptions of plaintiffs' litigation aims? -- 3. The voluntary versus mandatory mediation divide -- 4. Consequences of power: Legal actors versus disputants on defendants' attendance at mediation -- 5. Actors' mediation objectives: How lawyers versus parties plan to resolve their cases short of trial -- 6. Perceptions during mediations -- 7. Parallel views on mediators and styles -- 8. Conclusion: The parallel understandings and perceptions in case processing and mediation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-279) and index
Subject Mediation.
Dispute resolution (Law)
Actions and defenses.
LC no. 2008033580
ISBN 9780521517317 hardback
0521517311 hardback