Perceptions in litigation and mediation : lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and gendered parties - Relis, Tamara (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
Great misconceptions or disparate perceptions of plaintiffs' litigation aims? -- Voluntary versus mandatory mediation divide -- Consequences of power : legal actors versus disputants on defendants' attendance at mediation -- Actors' mediation objectives : how lawyers versus parties plan to resolve their cases short of trial -- Perceptions during mediations -- Parallel views on mediators and styles -- Conclusion : the parallel understandings and experiences in case processing and mediation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index
Keywords: Mediation; Dispute resolution (Law); Actions and defenses