LEADER 03735nam 22007332 450 001 9910808691603321 005 20151005020622.0 010 $a1-107-19134-3 010 $a1-282-10366-0 010 $a9786612103667 010 $a0-511-51722-X 010 $a0-511-57528-9 010 $a0-511-51771-8 010 $a0-511-51507-3 010 $a0-511-51417-4 010 $a0-511-51635-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747304 035 $a(EBL)432060 035 $a(OCoLC)609833470 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219631 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11189822 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219631 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246928 035 $a(PQKB)11711387 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511575280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432060 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4949772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10297097 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4949772 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL210366 035 $a(OCoLC)1024233806 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747304 100 $a20090522d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPerceptions in litigation and mediation $elawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and gendered parties /$fTamara Relis 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 279 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-28054-0 311 $a0-521-51731-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index. 327 $aGreat 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. 330 $aOffering interdisciplinary insights from sociological, psychological and gender studies, this book addresses this question: how do professional, lay and gendered actors understand and experience case processing in litigation and mediation? Drawing on data from 131 interviews, questionnaires and observations of plaintiffs, defendants, lawyers and mediators involved in 64 fatality and medical injury cases, the book challenges dominant understandings of how formal legal processes and dispute resolution work in practice as well as the notion that disputants and their representatives broadly understand and want the same things during case processing. In juxtaposing actors' discourse on all sides of ongoing cases on issues such as expectations, needs, comprehensions of what plaintiffs seek from the legal system, objectives for resolving conflict at mediation, and perceptions of what occurs during attempts at case resolution, the findings reveal inherent problems with the core workings of the legal system. 517 3 $aPerceptions in Litigation & Mediation 606 $aMediation 606 $aDispute resolution (Law) 606 $aActions and defenses 615 0$aMediation. 615 0$aDispute resolution (Law) 615 0$aActions and defenses. 676 $a347/.09 700 $aRelis$b Tamara$01718976 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808691603321 996 $aPerceptions in litigation and mediation$94116379 997 $aUNINA