Relis, Tamara <br/><br/>
Perceptions in litigation and mediation :  lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs, and gendered parties / 
Tamara Relis 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2009 
 - xix, 279 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index 
<br/><br/>Great misconceptions or disparate perceptions of plaintiffs' litigation aims? -- Voluntary versus mandatory mediation divide -- Consequences of power : legal actors versus disputants on defendants' attendance at mediation -- Actors' mediation objectives : how lawyers versus parties plan to resolve their cases short of trial -- Perceptions during mediations -- Parallel views on mediators and styles --  Conclusion : the parallel understandings and experiences in case processing and mediation 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521517317 (hardback)  RM290.70 0521517311 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mediation<br/>Dispute resolution (Law)<br/>Actions and defenses