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Mediation : principles, process, practice / Laurence Boulle, Teh Hwee Hwee.

By: Boulle, Laurence.
Contributor(s): Teh, Hwee Hwee [(j.a.)].
Publisher: Singapore : Butterworths Asia, 2000Edition: Singapore ed.Description: xv, 389 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9812360883.Subject(s): Dispute resolution (Law) | Dispute resolution (Law) -- Singapore | Mediation -- Singapore | MediationDDC classification: 347.595709
Contents:
Foreword. - Preface. - About the Authors. - Table of Abbreviations. - Pt. 1. Principles. 1. Introduction to Mediation. 2. Principles and Policies of Mediation. 3. Mediation as a Comparative Dispute Resolution. - Pt. II. Process. 4. The Mediation Process. 5. Roles and Functions in Mediation. 6. Skills and Techniques of Mediators. - Pt. III. Practice. 7. Evolution of Dispute Resolution Practices in Singapore. 8. The Mediation Movement. 9. Mediation in Practice. 10. Quality, Standards and Accountability in Mediation. 11. Users' Perspective of Mediation. 12. Legal Issues in Mediation. 13. Themes and Trends in Mediation Practice. - Annex A. The Singapore Mediation Centre's Parties. - Annex B. The Singapore Mediation Centre's Lawyers' Survey Form. - Bibliography of Principal Works. - Index.
Summary: This comprehensive book on mediation and its principles, process and practice will be an invaluable guide for policy makers, institution builders, mediators, lawyers, end-users of mediation services, administrators of mediation service providers and students. This books fills another niche in being a local mediation text that is written from a legal perspective and that deals in depth with a wide range of important legal issues that lawyers have to be familiar with in order to be sound advisers and to engage in mediation advocacy with confidence. Mediators and other ADR practitioners, end-users of mediation and their advisers, and administrators of mediation service providers will also benefit from examining mediation from this perspective since legal issues impact on rights and remedies to varying extents. - Back cover.
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"Endorsed by the Singapore Mediation Centre" - Cover

Foreword. - Preface. - About the Authors. - Table of Abbreviations. - Pt. 1. Principles. 1. Introduction to Mediation. 2. Principles and Policies of Mediation. 3. Mediation as a Comparative Dispute Resolution. - Pt. II. Process. 4. The Mediation Process. 5. Roles and Functions in Mediation. 6. Skills and Techniques of Mediators. - Pt. III. Practice. 7. Evolution of Dispute Resolution Practices in Singapore. 8. The Mediation Movement. 9. Mediation in Practice. 10. Quality, Standards and Accountability in Mediation. 11. Users' Perspective of Mediation. 12. Legal Issues in Mediation. 13. Themes and Trends in Mediation Practice. - Annex A. The Singapore Mediation Centre's Parties. - Annex B. The Singapore Mediation Centre's Lawyers' Survey Form. - Bibliography of Principal Works. - Index.

This comprehensive book on mediation and its principles, process and practice will be an invaluable guide for policy makers, institution builders, mediators, lawyers, end-users of mediation services, administrators of mediation service providers and students. This books fills another niche in being a local mediation text that is written from a legal perspective and that deals in depth with a wide range of important legal issues that lawyers have to be familiar with in order to be sound advisers and to engage in mediation advocacy with confidence. Mediators and other ADR practitioners, end-users of mediation and their advisers, and administrators of mediation service providers will also benefit from examining mediation from this perspective since legal issues impact on rights and remedies to varying extents. - Back cover.