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Mediation, Consensus Building and Modern Dispute Resolution

2 credits

4/2008

 

Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow

Georgetown University 

U.S.A.

 

 

 

 

This course will explore theories, practices/skills and policies of modern conflict resolution, focusing on foundational principles of negotiation and mediation and linking them to advanced uses in consensus building, democratic deliberation and complex dispute resolution. The course will use experiential and simulation methods for practice, as well as readings, lectures and demonstrations. Examples will be drawn from domestic and international contexts, including environmental, community, legal, ethnic, and international disputes.

 

Dates: 31/3-15/4/08

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