Jerome T. Barrett, Joseph Barrett

A History of Alternative Dispute Resolution (eBook, PDF)

The Story of a Political, Social, and Cultural Movement

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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--and his son Joseph Barrett, 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787975425
• Artikelnr.: 38224463

Autorenporträt

Jerome T. Barrett-historian, writer, arbitrator, trainer, and mediator-writes a history column for ACResolution quarterly magazine and has served as historian of SPIDR and FMCS. Joseph P. Barrett is a senior special writer for Page One at the Wall Street Journal.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
William J. Usery
Preface xiii
List of Acronyms xxi
ADR Timeline xxv
1. The Roots of ADR: The Deciding Stone to the European Law Merchant 1
2. Diplomatic ADR: Akhenaton to Woodrow Wilson 19
3. ADR Comes to America: The Precolonial Period to the Ten-Hour Day 41
4. The Civil War: The Limits and the Promise of ADR 55
5. Commercial and Business ADR: The Phoenicians to the American Arbitration
Association 69
6. Employee and Union Struggles: Reconstruction to the Coal Wars 85
7. Trains and a World War: Pulling ADR into the Twentieth Century 97
8. Labor-Management ADR, 1920-1945: Bust and Boom 111
9. After the War: Taft-Hartley to the Steel Trilogy 125
10. Branching Out: ADR in the 1960s 141
11. New Rights and New Forms: ADR in the 1970s 159
12. Outside the Federal Realm: New Groups Pick Up the ADR Torch 177
13. Crisis and Rebirth: Labor-Management ADR in the 1980s 191
14. The Era of Win-Win: Nonlabor ADR Becomes a Force of Its Own 209
15. The Great Expansion: ADR in the 1990s 239
16. ADR and the Twenty-First Century: Threats and Hopes 259
Bibliography 271
About the Authors 283
Index 285

Rezensionen

"The Barretts' historical perspective demonstratesvividly that the 'ADR movement' stems from roots thatare deep and long-standing. The book is an informative treatisethat highlights ADR's diverse precursors, as well as itsdramatic recent expansion and future promise."
--Charles Pou, Jr., Charles Pou Dispute Resolution Services,Washington, D.C.; former director, Dispute Resolution Program,Administrative Conference of the U.S.

"This book's important message--that disputeresolution's proponents need to pay more attention to thefield's surprisingly long and checkered history--isillustrated by a trove of wide-ranging and livelystories."
--Chris Honeyman, mediator, arbitrator, and founder, ConvenorConflict Resolution, Madison, Wisconsin

"Barrett provides a fascinating account of the history ofdispute resolution. From ancient Greece to the twenty-firstcentury, sustainable solutions to conflicting interests have seldomresulted from raw exercise of power."
--John Stepp, former FMCS mediator and former assistant secretaryof labor, Washington, D.C.

"For senior practitioners as well as those new to the ADRcommunity, Barrett's book makes an important contribution toan understanding of where this dynamic field has been and what liesahead for it."
--Wallace Warfield, associate professor, George Mason University,Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and former presidentof SPIDR, Fairfax, Virginia

"Anyone who cares about alternative dispute resolution andits historical roots must read Jerry Barrett's excellentbook. Here is someone who was there, almost at the creation, andwho has seen how this field has grown, expanded, and changed andwho has made great contributions to this field."
--Eileen Hoffman, mediator, trainer, adjunct professor of ADR,George Washington University Law School and former SPIDR president,Washington, D.C.

"Finally, a history of our growing profession! Anyone whonegotiates, mediates, arbitrates, or leads collaborative orconsensus-building efforts will learn from this fascinating historyof one of the oldest professional activities--organizing dialogueand making peace."
--Juliana E. Birkhoff, senior mediator, RESOLVE, Washington,D.C.