International Mediation : Breaking Business Deadlock.

Intro -- Preface -- Foreword to the Third Edition -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Foreword to the First Edition -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Part 1: Mediating International Business Disputes: the Process, the Practice and the Potential -- Chapter 1. The Potential for International Mediation in Business Conflict -- Managers caught in the conflict web -- The lawyer route -- Mediation: bridging the gap -- Chapter 2. The Recent Growth of International Mediation -- Creative lawyering -- The global economy -- Culture and conflict -- Chapter 3. Breaking Deadlock: the Power of Mediation -- Mediation power and benefits: overview -- Mediation process benefits for negotiation -- Mediation outcome benefits -- Chapter 4. The Decision to Mediate - How to Get Started -- Selection of cases -- Local variations: enthusiasm for and compulsion to mediation -- Guidelines to maximise potential use of mediation -- How to get into mediation without losing face -- Mediator selection: skills, personality, status -- Building bridges -- Chapter 5. 'Form and Flexibility'- the Mediation Framework -- Process framework -- Venue for mediation -- Time and duration -- Participants \u2013 \u2018Decision makers are critical\u2019 -- Mediation structure -- The economics of mediation -- The decision to mediate can therefore have dramatic implications for business -- Chapter 6. Preparing for Success in Mediated Negotiations -- Three sources of agenda in preparation -- The four negotiation levers -- Mediation preparation as a structured project -- Personnel and action plan -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. Steps to Settlement: the Negotiating Dance -- Six steps to mediation settlement -- Pacing of negotiations -- Pre-mediation -- Mediation -- Chapter 8. Achieving and Implementing Mediation Settlements -- The settlement phase of the mediation process.

Chapter 9. The Challenges and Alternatives to Mediation -- Cultural and psychological barriers to mediation -- Tactical avoidance of mediation -- Unsuitable disputes -- Weaving mediation into other approaches -- Chapter 10. Forging Leadership in International Mediation -- Mediation in international business conflicts -- Justice and regulatory systems -- Legal professionals -- The business community -- Chapter 11. Diplomacy at the Heart of Business -- Corporate governance/employment in the global market -- Goods and services in the global market -- Intellectual property in the global market -- Contract clauses -- International joint ventures/business alliances/mergers and acquisitions -- Major project management and mediation -- Regulators and public sector organisations in the global market -- Infrastructure for global business diplomacy -- Part 2: Cases and materials in international mediation -- Section 1. Cases -- Construction and engineering -- Corporate acquisition -- Corporate governance -- Corporate raiding -- Employment -- Energy -- Financial services -- Food and drink -- Franchise -- Human rights -- Information technology -- Insurance/reinsurance -- Intellectual property -- International trade and distribution -- Joint venture -- Manufacturing and distribution -- Maritime -- Media -- Oil and gas -- Pharmaceuticals -- Professional services -- Property -- Retail and design -- Supply of goods and services -- Telecommunications -- Section 2. CEDR Model ADR Contract Clauses for Commercial Contracts -- Why should you include an ADR clause in your commercial contract? -- Model clauses -- Section 3. CEDR Model Mediation Procedure and Agreement (2016 Edition) -- Referral to mediation -- Choosing the mediator -- Preparation for the mediation -- Documentation -- The mediation agreement -- The mediation -- Confidentiality in relation to the mediation.

Conclusion of the mediation -- Model Mediation Agreement (2016 Edition) -- Section 4. UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation (2002) -- Part OneUNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation (2002) -- Section 5. Codes of Conduct for Mediators -- CEDR Code of Conduct for Third Party Neutrals -- EU Code of Conduct for Mediators -- Section 6. EU Directive on Cross-Border Mediation -- Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliamentand of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certainaspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters -- Section 7. ADR and International Development -- Asia Pacific -- Europe -- Middle East and Africa -- North America and worldwide -- Section 8. Commission on Settlement in International Arbitration -- Settlement in International Arbitration -- CEDR Rules for the Facilitation of Settlementin International Arbitration -- Sample Directions for the Facilitation of Settlementin International Arbitration -- Section 9. The CPR 21st Century Corporate ADR Pledge -- The text of the pledge -- Section 10. Further Reading -- Index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.