Conflict management in the family field and in other close relationships

The ideas and ethos of mediation and different techniques used in mediation have gradually become better known and more highly valued in the legal system.

Many professionals worldwide find that mediation's benefits - both for society as a whole and for those unable to resolve their disputes on their own - are huge. This can lead them to try to convince others that many creative opportunities are lost if mediation is not considered as an appropriate means of dispute resolution. Voluntary participation remains, however, one of the cornerstones of the mediation process. It creates a special dynamic in enabling people to recognize and take up the opportunities that mediation offers to them.

This book is therefore a collection of texts from experts working in many different fields and in different countries around the world: Australia, U.K., US and Denmark. This sharing of experience and insight helps us all to reflect ion ways of improving systems currently in operation in our respective countries.

The book is published with financial support from Margot and Thorvald Dreyers Fond.

Contents

Outlining the Idea of the Book

by attourney and mediator Pia Deleuran

Foreword

by president of the Danish Family Lawyers, attourney and mediator Anja Cordes

Chapter 1. '(Naughty) Departures': Expertise, Orthodoxy and the Role of Theory in the Practice of Mediation

by mediator Barbara Wilson

Chapter 2. Guerilla Mediation: The Use of Warfare Strategies in the Management of Conflict

by mediator Robert Benjamin

Chapter 3. Managing Courtroom Communication: Reflections of an Observer

by mediator, facilitator and judicial educator Joanna Kalowski

Chapter 4. Mediating High Conflict Couples

by mediator Henry Brown

Chapter 5. Family Mediation and Children

by mediator Lisa Parkinson

Chapter 6. Family Violence and Family Mediation in Australia

by mediator Dale Bagshaw

Chapter 7. Mediation as a Process for Healing

by mediator Greg Rooney

Chapter 8. Neighbour War and Peace on Danish TV

by journalist Camilla Emborg

Chapter 9. Interview with Fay Weldon about Sex and Gender Issues in Conflict Situations

by journalist Sabrine Mønsted

Chapter 10. Negotiation Styles and Strategies: The Influence from Sex and Gender Dynamics

by lawyer Tina Bolbjerg Winther-Nielsen

Chapter 11. Silencing the Self: Inner Dialogues and Outer Realities

by psychologist Dana Crowley Jack

List of Authors



Mediation as a Way Forward

This anthology is one out of four books in the Danish project "Mediation as a Way Forward" (Mediation som mulighed). The other three books are mainly in Danish and cover the subjects of:

The role of the lawyer in mediation: Partsadvokatens rolle

Mediation in the IT-field: Konflikthåndtering i IT projekter

Mediation in cases about real estate and in the construction field: Konflikthåndtering af sager om fast ejendom og byggeri