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Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Custom Publication for the School of Law, University of New England, 3rd edition

Practice Area:

Dispute Resolution & Civil Procedure

Author(s):

S Paul Akon, Fiona Burns

A customised publication for the University of New England

Published: 15 May, 2026

Publisher: LexisNexis Australia

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Product description

This publication is produced by LexisNexis for students undertaking study in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the School of Law, University of New England.

Reproduced in the text are chapters and extracts from the following LexisNexis publications:

Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015
Astor & Chinkin, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed, 2002
Richard Bartlett, Native Title in Australia, 5th ed, 2023
Boulle, Mediation and Conciliation in Australia: Principles Process Practice, 2023
Boulle & Alexander, Dispute Resolution Skills and Techniques: Mediation Conciliation Facilitation, 2026
Condliffe & Holland, Conflict Management: Theory and Practice, 2026
Fernando et al, Family Law in Australia, 11th ed, 2026
Field, Australian Dispute Resolution, 2022
Field, Duffy, & Huggins, Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities, 2nd ed, 2020
Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2016
Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2nd ed, 2024

Related Titles

Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd edition, 2015
Bartlett, Native Title in Australia, 5th edition, 2023
Boulle, Mediation and Conciliation in Australia: Principles, Process, Practice, 2023
Boulle and Alexander, Dispute Resolution Skills and Techniques: Mediation Conciliation Facilitation, 2026
Condliffe & Holland, Conflict Management: Theory and Practice, 2026
Fernando et al, Family Law in Australia, 11th edition, 2026
Field, Australian Dispute Resolution, 2022
Field, Duffy, & Huggins, Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities, 2nd edition, 2020
Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2nd edition, 2024

Table of Contents

Part 1. THE HISTORY OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN AUSTRALIA
Ch 1. History, Context and Theory of Alternative Dispute Resolution', Ch 1, Astor & Chinkin, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed, 2002
Ch 2. 'Litigation and Alternative Methods: A False Dichotomy', Ch 2, Astor & Chinkin, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed, 2002
Ch 3. 'Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution', Ch 3, Astor & Chinkin, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed, 2002
Ch 4. 'Conflict Management in Australia: A Short History', Ch 3, Condliffe & Holland, Conflict Management: Theory and Practice, 7th ed, 2026
Ch 5. 'Changing Dispute Culture: The Civil Dispute Resolution Act, 2011 (Cth)' Jeremy Gormley, Ch 10 in Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2016

Part 2. UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT
Ch 6. 'Responding to Conflict', Ch 2, Condliffe & Holland, Conflict Management: Theory and Practice, 7th ed, 2026

Part 3. NEGOTIATION
Ch 7. 'Alternative processes in Australia: Negotiation', Ch 4, Astor & Chinkin, Dispute Resolution in Australia, 2nd ed, 2002
Ch 8. 'Positional Negotiation', Ch 2, Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015
Ch 9. 'Interest-Based Negotiation', Ch 3, Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015
Ch 10. 'Preparing for Negotiation', Ch 5, Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015
Ch 11. 'Culture, Sex, Gender and Intersectional fluency – the language of the Constructive Negotiator', Ch 9, Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015
Ch 12. 'Ten Principles for Constructive Negotiators', Ch 12, Alexander, Howieson & Fox, Negotiation: Strategy Style Skills, 3rd ed, 2015

Part 4. MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION
Ch 13. 'Understanding Mediation and Conciliation', Ch 1, Laurence Boulle, Mediation and Conciliation in Australia: Principles Process Practice, 2023
Ch 14. 'Mediation Essentials', Extract: paras 8.1–8.174 from Ch 8, Condliffe & Holland, Conflict Management: Theory and Practice, 7th ed, 2026
Ch 15. 'Managing Dispute Resolver Traps', Ch 12, Boulle & Alexander, Dispute Resolution Skills and Techniques: Mediation Conciliation Facilitation, 2026
Ch 16. 'Dispute Resolution in Family Law', Ch 2, Fernando et al, Family Law in Australia, 11th ed, 2026

Part 5. ARBITRATION
Ch 17. 'The Choice between Litigation and Arbitration', Kevin Lindgren, Ch 12 in Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2nd ed, 2024

Part 6. THE ROLE OF THE LAWYER
Ch 18. 'Advocacy at Mediation: An Oxymoron or an Essential Skill for the Modern Lawyer?', Robert Angyal SC, Ch 11 in Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2nd ed, 2024
Ch 19. 'Lawyers as Managers and Resolvers of Conflict and Disputes', Ch 12, Field, Duffy, & Huggins, Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities, 2nd ed, 2020
Ch 20. 'Lawyers as Advocates', Ch 13, Field, Duffy, & Huggins, Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities, 2nd ed, 2020

Part 7. FIRST NATIONS PERSPECTIVES ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Ch 21. 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Dispute Resolution', Megan Davis, Ch 14 in Legg (ed), Resolving Civil Disputes, 2nd ed, 2024
Ch 22. 'Right to Negotiate', Extract: paras 25.1–25.47 from Ch 25, Richard Bartlett, Native Title in Australia, 5th ed, 2023
Ch 23. 'Mediation and Conciliation in Practice', Extract: paras 8.1–8.10 from Ch 8, Boulle, Mediation and Conciliation in Australia: Principles, Process, Practice, 2023
Ch 24. 'A Short History of Dispute Resolution in Australia', Extract: paras 6.8–6.21 from Ch 6, Rachael Field, Australian Dispute Resolution, 2022