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Draft Only – Not for Citation.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...