Three score and seven months ago the Odyssey began

Intrepid Fieldsy taking charge, with vision and elan,

To turn established text into a third, more sage, edition

ADR, law, identity, much theory in addition.

Too onerous proved this arduous task for authors, young and free,

...

Isa lei, farewell, USP mediating

Fiji brings together - now comes forsaking

Litigation, mediation, arbitration

The consistent core of DR: negotiation

Not to overlook cultural wisdom

Bulibuli and panchayat customary tradition

DR needs abound in pacific island states:

For media...

Presented at the Annual Review of International Economic Law Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 3 November 2012

Session on Adapting to Change

Laurence Boulle[1]

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Let me not to the carriage of new enterprise

Warn caution o’er the fickleness of fate

Innovators screw their courage, seek the prize -

To bring DR, like NBN, to every gate.

Berlin, Paris, Suva and Auckland, 

The global DR movement gathers pace

Can we, once pioneers, match th...

In conciliation there is a stir 

With fancy theories everywhere

Needing trust? Try oxytocin

If bias persists increase the dose in

If your clients still won’t budge

We’re told they do require a Nudge

A question here, a reframe there -

We’re told to get up off our chair

Standing...

ANZELA Conference, Auckland, 28-30 September 2016

Laurence Boulle

Thomas More Law School, ACU, Sydney

Laurence.Boulle@acu.edu.au

Draft Only – Not for Citation. References outstanding.

Prologue

A retired New Zealand teacher became a successful conflict resolver and with his e...

Fourth Asian Mediation Association Conference

Beijing, 20-21 October 2016

Values in Mediation

Party autonomy and self-determination

• Direct participation

• Non-adversarial ethos

• Needs and interests focus

• Focus on common interests, mutual gains

• Based on...

We’re dedicated teechers, we learn ‘em good each day

They construe us just like data, it causes us dismay

Our profession strives for status, we self-medicate with wine

Anzela is our saviour – its conference sublime!

The world seems now so vexing, complexity prevails,

Perfor...

Global trends in mediation keep it up with modern creeds

It out trumps litigation, responds to social needs

Goals, objectives, values drive the mediation quest

Med-arb, arb-med, arb-med-arb, it’s a resolution fest

East and west, cross-cultural norms, acronyms fly fast,

CCPI...