Sweet & Maxwell Brown & Marriott's ADR Principles and Practice

Brown & Marriott's ADR Principles and Practice is the classic reference work in the UK and many other parts of the world for Alternative Dispute Resolution. It deals with Dispute Resolution as a coherent and discrete topic and remains unchallenged in this respect. The Fourth Edition covers the theory, principles and practice of ADR especially mediation, providing understanding, guidance and authority. It addresses all the main fields of dispute resolution, such as civil-commercial, family and divorce, employment and workplace, neighbourhood/community, and restorative justice (victim-offender). It extensively covers other processes including negotiation, arbitration, adjudication, evaluation, collaborative and hybrid processes and a range of aspects related to ADR including court-related practice, ethics, confidentiality and privilege, skills and training and online dispute resolution. - Provides an encyclopaedic work of reference for practitioners and students; - Integrates practice and theory of dispute resolution with a national and international perspective; - Explores and integrates models of practice and negotiation; - Examines strategies and provides precedents; - Assists practitioners, policy makers and the judiciary in addressing the issues affecting practice; - Develops a rigorous academic approach making it suitable for academic institutions while maintaining its pragmatism; - Incorporates developments in Information Communication Technology and Online Dispute Resolution; - Expands references to ombudsman, which has become very widely used; - Provides extensive references, case law, bibliography and links;