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LGST 489: Alternative Dispute Resolution Report a Broken Link

Alternative Dispute Resolution is a course in Criminal Justice, Legal Studies, and Human Services at Athabasca University. The course is designed to provide you with practical knowledge that will be useful to you in all areas of your life where you may encounter conflicts, disputes, and claims.

Required Readings

Unit 1

Conflict Research Consortium Staff. (n.d.). Book Summary of Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate and Settlement by Dean G. Pruitt and Jeffrey Z. Rubin.

Unit 2

Menkel-Meadow, Carrie. (2000). Mothers and fathers of invention: The intellectual founders of ADR. Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 16, 1-37.

Unit 4

Fisher, Roger. (1983). Negotiating power: Getting and using influence. American Behavioral Scientist, 27, 149-166.

Unit 5

Kirby, J. (1997). Would principled negotiation have saved Eve? A feminist analysis of Getting to YES. Otago Law Review, 9, 122-143.

Unit 6

Alexander, Nadja. (2008). The mediation metamodel: Understanding practice. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 26, 97-123

Unit 8

Lande, John, & Herman, Gregg. (2004). Fitting the forum to the family fuss: Choosing mediation, collaborative law, or cooperative law for negotiating divorce cases. Family Court Review, 42, 280-291.
Chown, Peggy L., & Parham, John H. (1995). Can we talk? Mediation in juvenile cases. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 64, 21(5).

Unit 9

Stieber, Carolyn. (2000). 57 Varieties: Has the ombudsman concept become diluted? Negotiation Journal, 16, 49-57.
Goss, Joanne. (2005). Judicial dispute resolution: Program setup and evaluation in Edmonton. Family Court Review, 42, 511-525.

Unit 12

World Directory of ADR Blogs
Mediate.com: The Week’s Best Blog Posts
International Mediation Institute: Mediation Blogs