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PROBLEM-SOLVING ADVOCACY IN MEDIATIONS
Harold I. Abramson
I. Introduction
The mediation process is indisputably different from other dispute resolution processes. Therefore, the strategies and techniques that have proven so effective in settlement conferences, arbitration and litigation do not work as well in mediation. The familiar adversarial strategy of presenting the strongest partisan arguments and aggressively attacking the other side’s case may be effective in court where each side is trying to convince a judge to make a favorable decision. But, in mediation, there is no third-party decision maker, only a third-party facilitator who is not the primary audience. The primary audience is the other side who is surely not neutral and can often be quite hostile. In this representational setting, the adversarial approach is less effective, if not self-defeating. A different approach is needed, one tailored to realize the full benefits of mediation. That approach is creative problem solving.
Full TABLE OF CONTENTS from "AAA Handbook on Mediation - 2nd Edition"
Foreword
James R. Holbrook
Douglas E. Noll
Cris M. Currie
Ira B. Lobel
Mark R. Sherman
Steven L. Schwartz
Gerald F. Phillips
David L. Erickson and Peter Geoffrey Bowen
Amy L. Lieberman
Roger J. Peters and Deborah Bovarnick Mastin
Peter J. Comodeca
Bruce A. Blitman
Joel E. Davidson
Howard D. Venzie, Jr.
Jordi Agustí-Panareda
John Patrick Dolan
Bennett G. Picker
Gerald F. Phillips
Judith B. Ittig
Donald R. Philbin, Jr.
William A. Blancato and C. Allen Gibson, Jr.
Robert S. Peckar
Fred D. Butler
Cris M. Currie
Lee A. Rosengard
Kevin W. Cruthirds
Mercédeh Azeredo da Silveira
Judith P. Meyer and Irena Vanekova
Nancy Kauffman and Barbara Davis
Gerald S. Clay and James K. Hoenig
Dwight Golann and Marjorie Corman Aaron
James E. McGuire
Donna M. Stringer and Lonnie Lusardo
Richard P. Flake
John M. Livingood
Charles B. Craver
Bruce A. Blitman and Jeanne Maes
Evan Slavitt
Robbie Mac Pherson
Jeffrey L. McClellan
James R. Madison
Karin S. Hobbs
David Grappo
L. Randolph Lowry
L. Therese White and Bill White
Roger M. Deitz
Mori Irvine
Harold I. Abramson
Jeffrey Krivis
Robert W. Hassold, Jr.
Kent B. Scott and Cody W. Wilson
Dennis Sharp
Mattox Hair, Sharon Press and Brooks Rathet
Paul M. Lurie and Jeremy S. Baker
Donald Lee Rome
Elissa Tonkin
Donald Lee Rome
Robert A. Harris
Lynn Sylvester and Ira B. Lobel
Robert S. Peckar
Amy G. London
Albert Bates, Jr. and L. Tyrone Holt
Vivian Berger
Jay W. Stein
Jeffrey Krivis
Bruce E. Meyerson
David J. McLean and Sean-Patrick Wilson
Index
Harold I. Abramson is a professor of law at the Touro Law Center in New York He teaches and writes on international mediation and mediation representation. He also mediates and arbitrates domestic and international disputes. He serves on the mediation panels of the American Arbitration Association, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and the Beijing Mediation Center.
