Title: The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict 4th Edition
Publisher: Jossey Bass
Size: 5.2 x 5.3 x 22.9 cm
Pub Year: 2014
Pages: 704
Price: $91 CAD
ISBN: 9781118304303
Comments:Not specific to legal mediation in Canada; audience is practitioners, faculty, and students
Title: The Mediator's Handbook: Revised & Expanded fourth edition
Publisher: New Society
Size: 21.6 x 1.1 x 27.9 cm
Pub Year: 2012
Pages: 208
Price: 29.95
ISBN: 9780865717220
PREFACE xi
INTRODUCTION xiii
1 ABOUT MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) 1
1. The Origins of Mediation 1
2. What Is Mediation and How Is It Different from Other
Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods? 2
2 WHY IS MEDIATION BETTER? 7
3 WHAT TYPES OF DISPUTES ARE SUITABLE
FOR MEDIATION? 11
4 WHEN TO CONSIDER MEDIATION 19
5 HOW DOES MEDIATION WORK?
THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS 21
1. The Offer 21
2. The Agreement to Try Mediation 22
vi The Mediation Guide
3. Finding a Mediator 25
4. What Is the Cost of Mediation? 28
4.1 Who pays? 30
5. The Paperwork 31
5.1 The intake form 31
5.2 The mediation agreement 31
6. Pre-Mediation Meetings and Conferences 36
7. Screening 45
8. Who Can Attend a Mediation Session? 49
9. Independent Legal Advice 51
10. The Documents You Will Need 52
11. Preparing for Your Mediation 54
11.1 The mediation brief 54
12. The Day of the Mediation 54
13. Tips and Tools 57
13.1 Keeping cool 57
13.2 Being honest 58
13.3 Anticipating roadblocks 59
13.4 Common objectives 59
13.5 Inequality in bargaining power 60
13.6 Timeout 61
13.7 Surrender 62
13.8 Threatening 63
13.9 Other techniques and tactics 63
14. Using the Mediator Effectively 68
15. Shuttle Mediation 69
16. Possible Outcomes 69
6 RECORDING THE SETTLEMENT 73
Contents vii
7 THE AFTERMATH: ENFORCEMENT,
VARIATION, REVIEWS 79
1. Enforcement 80
2. Variation and Reviews 80
8 RESOURCES GOING FORWARD 83
SAMPLES
1 Intake Form 32
2 Agreement to Mediate 37
3 Screening Key 48
4 Mediation Brief 55
5 Minutes of Settlement 74