The IMI Mediation Library is a listing of leading materials on and around the mediation field. It is divided into subject categories for easy browsing.
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- Assessing Mediators: An Annotated Bibliography
- Ethics in Mediation
- Mediation Process, Skills, Training
- Referring
- Negotiation
- International
- Intercultural
- ODR – Online Dispute Resolution
- Conflict Management Systems
- Construction
- Personal Injury
- Contract Clauses
- IP – Intellectual Property
- Environmental
- Family, Community & Educational Mediation
- Workplace Mediation
- Transformative Mediation
- Becoming a Mediator
- Representing Parties in Mediation
- General
- DVD
Mediation Process, Skills, Training
Dispute Resolution Mules
Michael Leathes (2012)
Mediation as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Method
Alessandro Bruni (2011)
(in European Mediation Training for Practitioners of Justice. A Guide to European Mediation)
Mediation Skills Development Around the World - with Skype. It Works
Giuseppe Leone (2012)
Mediation: Principles and Practice (3rd Ed.)
Kimberlee V Kovach (2004)
Fitting a Square Peg into a Round Hole: The "Med-Arb" process versus judicial enforceability of mediation settlements
Ute A. Joas Quinn (2000)
Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR): The Spectrum of Hybrid Techniques Available to the Parties
Jeremy Lack (2011)
Listening with a Soft Hand
Nigel Singer (2010)
IBA eBook: Mediation Techniques
Patricia Barclay (Ed) (2010)
When Should Mediators Bite Their Tongue?
Hon Robert Fisher QC (2010)
The Difficult Conversation (free eBook)
Aled Davies (2010)
Preparation: The key to Mediation Success
Bennett Picker (2010)
You say you're a certified mediator. Says who?
Tammy Lenski (2009)
Mediator Skills and Techniques: Triangle of Influence
Miryana Nesic and Laurence Boulle (2009)
Lawyer Mediator; Non-lawyer Mediator - Who is better?
Anil Xavier
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mark V.B. Partridge (2009)
Toolkit - Generating Outcomes
Manon Schonewille
What's Fair - Ethics for Negotiators
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Michael Wheeler
Controlling the Costs of Conflict: How to Design a System for your Organization
Karl Slaikeu, Ralph Hasson
Staying with Conflict: A Strategic Approach to Ongoing Disputes
Bernard Mayer
Handbook of Human Conflict Technology: How to create win-win business success without destructive conflicts
Tina Monberg (2007)
A Handbook of Dispute Resolution: ADR in Action
Karl Mackie (Ed) (2007)
Developing the Craft of Mediation: Reflections on Theory and Practice
Marian Roberts (2007)
Effective Negotiation and Mediation of Conflict: Applied theory, forms and practice handbook
Robert Benjamin (2007)
Mediation: Practice, policy and ethics
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Lela P. Love, Andrea K. Schneider (2006)
Mediation: Revenge and the Magic of Forgiveness
Kenneth Cloke (1996)
The Facilitator’s Fieldbook: Step by Step Procedures, Checklists & Guidelines
Thomas Justice, David Jamieson (2006)
Creative Problem-Solver’s Handbook for Negotiators and Mediators Vol. 1
Creative Problem-Solver’s Handbook for Negotiators and Mediators Vol. 2
John Cooley (2005)
Mediation Practice Guide: A handbook for resolving business disputes
Mediation Practice Guide: A Handbook for Resolving Business Disputes (Second Edition)
Bennett Picker (2004)
Nelson on ADR
Robert Nelson (2003)
The Complete Facilitator’s Handbook
John Heron (1999)
The Keys to Conflict Resolution: Proven methods of settling disputes voluntarily
Theodore Kheel (1999)
ADR: Principles & practice
Henry Brown, Arthur Marriott (1999)
Bringing Oxytocin into the Room: Notes on the Neurophysiology of Conflict
Kenneth Cloke
Ethics in Mediation
Mediation Ethics: Cases and Commentary
Ellen Waldman (2011)
Referring
Referral to Mediation: A Practical Guide for an Effective Mediation Proposal
Machteld Pel (2008)
Negotiation
Tug of War: The Tension Concept and the Art of International Negotiation
Tony English (2010)
Venturing Beyond The Classroom (Rethinking Negotiation Teaching Series)
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2010)
Negotiate Like a Phoenician: Discover Tradeables
Habib Chamoun-Nicolas (2008)
Re-thinking Negotiation Teaching: Innovations for Context and Culture
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2009)
Negotiation: Strategy; Styles; Skills (Flyer)
Nadja Alexander and Jill Howieson (2010)
Making Money Talk: How to Mediate Insured Claims and Other Monetary Disputes
Anderson Little (2007)
The Negotiator’s Fieldbook: The Desk Reference for the Experienced Negotiator
Christopher Honeyman et al (ed) (2007)
Bargaining For Advantage (2nd Ed)
G. Richard Shell (2006)
Lawyer Negotiation: Theory, Practice and Law
Jay Folberg & Dwight Golann (2006)
The Guerilla Negotiator
Robert Benjamin (2004)
A Lawyer’s Guide to Negotiation: A strategic approach to better contracts and settlements
Lee Hetherington, X.M. Frascogna (2001)
Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator
Roger Dawson (2000)
International
Empowering the Growth of International ADR
Michael Leathes (2013)
Practical Code of Mediation in Italy and Abroad
Alessandro Bruni (2011)
Mediation in Italy
Alessandro Bruni and Michela Sitzia (2013)
(in Mediation 2013 in jurisdictions worldwide)
Introduction to Cross Border Family Mediation: Promoting the New Standards of "Best Practise"
Maureen Dabbagh (2012)
EU Mediation Law and Practice
Edited by Giuseppe De Palo & Mary B. Trevor (2012)
Mandatory Mediation: the Italian experience, two years on
Giovanni de Berti (2012)
Spanish Law on Mediation
Marta Requejo (2012)
The Influence of Language in International Mediation
Ute A. Joas Quinn (2000)
Videoconferencing in International Arbitration and Mediation Proceedings.
© 2010, Lexis-Nexis. Chapter 53 in the book INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION PRACTICE: 21ST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES.
Paul E. Mason and Horacio Grigera-Naón, Co-Editors, Lexis-Nexis books/New York.
Tug of War: The Tension Concept and the Art of International Negotiation
Tony English (2010)
Thinking Differently - Making a Difference Using Mediation
A collection of Contributions, edited by David Lee
Published by Core Solutions Group (2011)
Mediation in the Asia Pacific Region: Transforming Conflict and Building Peace
Dale Bagshaw, Elisabeth Porter (Eds) (2009)
Challenging Western Constructs of Mediation in the Asia Pacific Region (paper)
Dale Bagshaw (2010)
Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts
Doug Noll (Spring 2011)
Venturing Beyond The Classroom (Rethinking Negotiation Teaching Series)
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2010)
Re-thinking Negotiation Teaching: Innovations for Context and Culture
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2009)
International Arbitration And Mediation: A Practical Guide
Michael McIlwrath, John Savage (2010)
An Asian Perspective on Mediation
Joel Lee, Teh Hwee Hwee
ADR in New Zealand (a report prepared for the British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
By Paul Hutcheson
International and Comparative Mediation: Legal Perspectives (Global Trends in Dispute Resolution)
Nadja Alexander
- To read Michael Leathes' review of this book, click here
- CPR Outstanding Book Award Winner, 2010/2011
Mediation in National and International Commercial Disputes (thesis summary)
Marc Kraus
Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem-Solver in Any Country or Culture
Harold I. Abramson (2010)
Second Edition (2011)
Conflict Revolution: Mediating evil, war, injustice and terrorism
Kenneth Cloke (2008)
Understanding Conflict and Conflict Analysis
Ho-Won Jeong (2008)
Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, peace and the global system
Peter Wallensteen (2007)
Global Trends in Mediation
Nadja Alexander (2006)
Intermediaries in International Conflict
Thomas Princen (2006)
International Mediation: The art of business diplomacy (2nd Ed)
Eileen Carroll, Karl Mackie, Lord Hurd (2006)
International Conflict Resolution: Consensual ADR processes
Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Harold Abramson, Pat Chew (2005)
Foreign Investment Disputes: Cases, materials and commentary
Raymond Doak Bishop, James Crawford, Michael Reisman (2005)
Mediating Disputes between Chinese and American Businesses
CPR Institute (2004)
Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts
William Zartman, Guy Olivier Faure (2004)
Alternative Dispute Resolution: A developing world perspective
Albert Fiadjoe (2004)
Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the hardest cases
Chester Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela Aall (2004)
Studies in International Mediation: Advances in foreign policy analysis
Jacob Bercovitch (2003)
International Conflict Mediation: New approaches & findings
Jacob Bercovitch (1995)
Intercultural
The Influence of Culture, Religion and Confucianism on Arbitration and Mediation in the East Asian Countries
Thomas Klitgaard (2011)
Venturing Beyond The Classroom (Rethinking Negotiation Teaching Series)
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2010)
Re-thinking Negotiation Teaching: Innovations for Context and Culture
Christopher Honeyman, James Coben & Giuseppe De Palo (2009)
Demonisation of Culture in Conflict and Conflict Resolution (Presentation)
Dr Lola Akin Ojelabi (2010)
An Asian Perspective on Mediation
Joel Lee, Teh Hwee Hwee
Mediation Representation: Advocating as a Problem-Solver in Any Country or Culture
Harold I. Abramson (2010)
The Chinese Negotiator: How to succeed in the world’s largest market
Robert M Marsh, Su-Hua Wu (2006)
Cultures and Organizations: Software of the mind
Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede (2004)
Culture, Leadership and Organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies
Robert House, Peter Hanges, Mansour Javidan, Peter Dorfman, Vipin Gupta (2004)
Culture and Conflict Resolution
Kevin Avruch (1998)
Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures
John Paul Lederach (1995)
Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and patterns
David Augsberger (1992)
ODR – Online Dispute Resolution
Cyberjustice: Online Dispute Resolution for E-Commerce
Lucille Ponte (2004)
Online Dispute Resolution for Business
Colin Rule (2002)
Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Disputes in Cyberspace
Ethan Katsh, Janet Rifkin (2001)
Conflict Management Systems
Designing Conflict Management Systems
Cathy Costantino and Christina Sickles Merchant (1995)
Handbook of Human Conflict Technology
Tina Monberg (2007)
ADR - How to Design a System for Effective Conflict Resolution
Allan Stitt (1998)
Business Dispute Resolution - Best Practices in System Design and Case Management
Thomas Cavenagh (1999)
Emerging Systems for Managing Workplace Conflict
David Lipsky, Ronald Seeber and Richard Fincher (2003)
Introduction to DRB's
Presentation by Kurt Dettman and Bill Baker (2011)
Alignment Partnering: A 'Re-organizational" Approach to Manage Conflict on Construction Disputes.
Presentation by Kurt Dettman and Bill Baker (2011)
Construction
Mediation of Construction Disputes
David Richbell (2008)
Partnering in Construction: A Practical guide to project success
Frank Carr, Kim Hurtado, Charles Lancaster, Charles Markert, Paul Tucker (1999)
Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in Construction: An international overview
Edward Davies (1998)
ADR and Adjudication in Construction Disputes
Peter Hibberd, Paul Newman (1991)
Personal Injury
Managing Claims of Personal Injury
CPR Institute
Contract Clauses
Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses
CPR Institute
IP – Intellectual Property
ADR Advocacy, Strategies, and Practice for Intellectual Property Cases
Harrie Samaras
The Growing Need for ADR in IP Disputes
Jeremy Lack (2010)
Avoiding and Resolving Technology Disputes
CPR Institute
Patent Mediation
CPR Institute
ADR in Trademark and Unfair Practices Disputes: A Practitioners’ Guide
CPR Institute
Environmental
Environmental Dispute Resolution: An anthology of practical solutions
Ann MacNaughton, Jay Martin (2002)
Family, Community & Educational Mediation
A MISSION; A RESPONSIBILITY Towards creating a loving and caring world
ANIL XAVIER
Which Way Forward? Mediator sequencing strategies in intractable communal conflicts
Joshus Weiss (2008)
Mediation in the Campus Community: Designing and managing effective programs
William Warters (2008)
Divorce and Family Mediation: Models, Techniques and Applications
Jay Folberg, Ann Milne, Peter Salem (2004)
Resolving Disagreement in Special Educational Needs: A practical guide to conciliation and mediation
Irvine Gersch (2003)
The Complete Guide to Mediation: The cutting-edge approach to Family Law practice
Forrest Mosten (1997)
Workplace Mediation
The Essential Guide to Workplace Mediation and Conflict Resolution: Rebuilding Working Relationships
Nora Doherty, Marcelas Guyler (2008)
Resolving Conflicts at Work: A Complete Guide for Everyone on the Job
Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith (2001)
Resolving Conflict at Work: Eight Strategies for Everyone on the Job
Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith, Warren Bennis (2005)
Mediation for Managers
Katherine Graham, John Crawley (2002)
Resolving Personal & Organizational Conflict: Stories of Transformation and Forgiveness
Kenneth Cloke (2000)
How Companies Manage Employment Disputes: A Compendium of Leading Corporate Employment Programs
CPR Institute
Transformative Mediation
The Promise of Mediation: The Transformative Approach to Conflict
Robert Baruch Bush, Joseph Folger (2004)
Becoming a Mediator
Making Mediation Your Day Job
Tammy Lenski (2009)
How to Make Money as a Mediator: 30 Top Mediators Share Secrets to Building a Successful Practice
Jeffrey Krivis, Naomi Lucks (2006)
Mediation Career Guide: A Strategic Approach to Building a Successful Practice
Forrest Mosten (2001)
Representing Parties in Mediation
Representing Clients in Mediation
Eric R. Galton (1994)
Mediation Advocacy
Andrew Goodman (2010)
Toolkit Mediation Advocacy
Manon Schonewille (2008)
Mediation: The Roles of Advocate and Neutral
Dwight Golann and Jay Folberg (2006)
Mediation Representation: Advocating in a Problem-Solving Process
Harold I. Abramson (2010)
Mediation Advocacy
John W. Cooley (2002)
General
The Future of ADR in 2020
Michael Leathes (2013)
Lawyers as a Catalyst for Change in Early Issue Business Conflict Management
Ute A. Joas Quinn (2012)
Stop Shovelling Smoke: Give Users a Classic Definition of Mediation
Michael Leathes (2011)
Mediator Competency is like Truth, Beauty and Contact Lenses
Michael Leathes (2012)
2020 Vision - Where in the World will Mediation be within 10 years?
Michael Leathes (2010)
Conflict Leadership
Michael Leathes (2009)
Certifying International Competency Standards for Mediators
Michael Leathes (2008)
General Information on Stipulating the Use of Mediation
John Brand
Mediation is Worthwhile
Alessandro Bruni (2011)
Civil and Commercial Mediations. 30 Success Stories
Alessandro Bruni and Michela Sitzia (2011)
EU Mediation Law and Practice
Edited by Giuseppe De Palo & Mary B. Trevor (2012)
Stories Mediators Tell
Eric Galton and Lela Love (eds.) (2012)
Mediation in a Nutshell (2nd Ed)
Kimberlee V Kovach (2010)
Success as a Mediator (for Dummies)
Victoria Pynchon, Joe Kraynak (Publication date: April 2012)
Mediation Ethics: Cases and Commentary
Ellen Waldman (2011)
Relationships Made Easy - How to get on with the people you need to get on with, and stay friends with everyone else
Dr David Fraser (2010)
Thinking Differently - Making a Difference Using Mediation
A collection of Contributions, edited by David Lee
Published by Core Solutions Group (2011)
The Future of ADR Practice: Three Hopes, Three Fears, and Three Predictions,
David Hoffman (2006) www.BostonLawCollaborative.com
Amicable Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Conciliation: Selected, Classified and Alphabetical Bibliography
Ed. by Jean A. Mirimanoff and Marco Pons (2010)
What Would You Change About Mediation?
Sarah J. Read (2010)
Leaders Need to Focus on the Big Picture and Stop Bickering
John Sturrock (2010)
The Role of Mediation in a Modern Civil Justice System
John Sturrock (2010)
AAA Handbook on Mediation: 2nd Edition
American Arbitration Association (2010)
New Rules on Civil Mediation in Italy (powerpoint presentation)
Giorgio Grasso (2010)
10 Ways to Save Time and Costs
Ian Hargreaves (2010)
An Asian Perspective on Mediation
Joel Lee, Teh Hwee Hwee
The Business Owner's Dilemma: Arbitration Or Mediation
Jeff Murphy (2010)
New Protocol For Resolving Devolution Conflicts Slips In Under Radar
John Sturrock (2010)
The New Lawyer: How Settlement is Transforming the Practice of Law
Julie Macfarlane (2008)
Multi-Dimensional Mediation
Paul E. Mason (2010)
The Corporate Counsel's Guide to Mediation
Gary P. Poon (2010)
Making Mediation Your Day Job: How to Market Your ADR Business Using Mediation Principles You Already Know
Tammy Lenski
The Collaborative Public Manager: New ideas for the twenty-first century
Rosemary O’Leary, Lisa Blomgren Bingham (2009)
The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution
Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk, William Zartman (2008)
Expert Determination
John Kendall, Clive Freedman, James Farrell (2008)
Challenging Conflict: Mediation through understanding
Gary Friedman, Jack Himmelstein (2008)
Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis
David MacKinnon (2008)
The Power of a Positive No: How to say No and still get to Yes
William Ury (2007)
Mediation Law and practice
David Spencer, Michael Brogan (2007)
ADR & The Law (22nd Ed)
American Arbitration Association (2008)
Everyone Can Win: Responding to Conflict Constructively
Helena Cornelius, Shoshana Faire (2007)
The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization
Peter Senge (2006)
The Crossroads of Conflict: A Journey into the Heart of Dispute Resolution
Kenneth Cloke (2006)
The Mediator’s Handbook
John W. Cooley (2006)
Breaking Robert’s Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus & Get Results
Lawrence Susskind, Jeffrey Cruikshank (2006)
Improving Board Effectiveness: Bringing the best of ADR into the Boardroom – A practical guide for directors
Jon Masters, Alan Rudnick (2005)
Dispute Processes: ADR and the primary forms of decision-making
Simon Roberts, Michael Palmer (2005)
Alternative Dispute Resolution: A practical guide for resolving Government contract controversies
ABA (2005)
Resolving Disputes: Theory, practice and law
Dwight Golann, Lisa A. Kloppenburg, Thomas Stipanowich, Jay Folberg (2005)
Corporate Governance: A practical guide for dispute resolution professionals
Richard Reuben (2005)
Beyond Reason: Using Emotions As You Negotiate
Roger Fisher, Daniel Shapiro (2005)
The Handbook of Dispute Resolution
Michael Moffitt, Robert Bordone (2005)
Dispute Processes: ADR and the Primary Forms of Decision-Making
Simon Roberts, Michael Palmer (2005)
Tools for Conflict Resolution: A practical K-12 program based on the 5th Discipline
Eileen O’Keefe (2004)
Dispute Resolution: Beyond the Adversarial Model
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Lela Love, Andrea Schneider, Jean Sternlight (2004)
Beyond Neutrality: Confronting Crisis in Conflict Resolution
Bernard Mayer (2004)
Mediation: Principles and Practice
Kimberlee Kovach (2004)
Beyond Winning: Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes
Robert Mnookin, Scott Peppet, Andrew Tulumello (2004)
The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict
Christopher W. Moore (2003)
Bringing Peace into the Room: How the personal qualities of the Mediator impact the process of conflict resolution
Daniel Bowling, David Hoffman (2003)
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Marshall Rosenberg (2003)
An Ounce of Prevention: Best practices in dispute avoidance for Government contracting
ABA (2002)
Mediating Dangerously
Kenneth Cloke (2001)
A Practitioner’s Guide to Mediation: A Client Centred Approach
Stephen Erickson, Marilyn McKnight (2000)
The ADR Practice Guide
Karl Mackie, David Miles, William Marsh (2000)
The Third Side: Why we fight, and how we can stop
William Ury (2000)
The Mediator’s Handbook
Jennifer Beer, Eileen Steif (1998)
Beyond Machiavelli: Tools for coping with conflict
Roger Fisher (1996)
Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations
William Ury (1993)
Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Roger Fisher, Bruce M. Patton, William L. Ury (1992)
The CPR Recommended Library List
CPR Institute
Mediation: A Psychological Insight into Conflict Resolution
Freddie Strasser and Paul Randolph (2004)
The Art of Conflict or How to Stay Zen
by Brigitte Kehrer
DVD
Representing Clients in Mediation: How advocates share a mediator’s powers
Dwight Golann
Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation (DVD)
Mediation in Action (CPR Institute)
Resolution Through Mediation DVD (CPR Institute/INTA) - Viewable online
Resolution Through Mediation DVD (CPR Institute/INTA) - DVD
Available in English, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Spanish
The Role of the Mediator in Conflict Resolution: Video Leadership Seminar DVD
David Hoffman
Simmons Funeral Home (Stitt Feld Handy Group)
This video set is an educational tool that can be used to demonstrate some of the skills that a mediator needs to be effective. Time: 70-minute, A Discussion: 45-minute
Mediation - An Introduction. A video for professional use (Stitt Feld Handy Group).
Available in French and English. 20-minute duration.
CRS Mediation Services/World Bank display on their website a list of organizations that provide mediation and ADR videos, on a variety of topics, for sale or rent.