Effective Legal Negotiation

This book includes a comprehensive conceptual framework for the negotiation process. The author provides readers with a thorough understanding of the psychological, sociological, and communicational factors that meaningfully influence negotiation encounters. Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement explores various negotiation stages, emphasizes the importance of verbal and nonverbal communication, and discusses the different bargaining techniques negotiators are likely to encounter. This Sixth Edition also explores the impact of negotiations involving persons from diverse ethnic backgrounds or of different genders. Public and private international bargaining transactions, in recognition of the increased relevance of such transnational interactions, receive expanded treatment in this edition. The author also reviews the use of neutral mediators to assist negotiators with their interactions, and explains the ethical aspects of the negotiation process. The comprehensi