A history of alternative dispute resolution
Subtitle: the story of a political, cultural, and social movement
By: Jerome T. Barrett with Joseph P. Barrett.
Contributors: Barrett, Joseph P.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Dispute resolution (Law) -- United States -- History.; Dispute resolution (Law) -- History.
Description: "A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution offers a comprehensive review of the various types of peaceful practices for resolving conflicts. Written by Jerome Barrett - a longtime practitioner, innovator, and leading historian in the field of ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) - and his son Joseph Barrett of the Wall Street Journal, this volume traces the evolution of the ADR process and offers an overview of the precursors to ADR, including negotiation, arbitration, and mediation. The authors explore the colorful beginnings of ADR using illustrative examples from prehistoric Shaman through the European Law Merchant. In addition, the book offers the historical context for the use of ADR in the arenas of diplomacy and business."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-281) and index.
"Published in affiliation with the Association for Conflict Resolution."
Table of contents: title: The roots of ADR : the stone to the European law merchant; title: Diplomatic ADR : Akhenaton to Woodrow Wilson; title: ADR comes to America : the precolonial period to the ten-hour day; title: The Civil War : the limits and the promise of ADR; title: Commercial and business ADR : the Phoenicians to the American Arbitration Association; title: Employee and union struggles : reconstruction to the Coal Wars; title: Trains and a world war : pulling ADR into the twentieth century; title: Labor-management ADR, 1920-1945 : bust and boom; title: After the war : Taft-Hartley to the steel trilogy; title: Branching out : ADR in the 1960s; title: New rights and new forms : ADR in the 1970s; title: Outside the federal realm : new groups pick up the ADR torch; title: Crisis and rebirth : labor-management ADR in the 1980s; title: The era of win-win : nonlabor ADR becomes a force of its own; title: The great expansion : ADR in the 1990s; title: ADR and the twenty-first century : threats and hopes.