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A STORY OF DETERMINED MEN AND WOMEN WHO MADE AND HEARD THAT LAUGHTER
The fifteen men and women whose stories you are about to read never thought for one moment-while they were going through their particular kind of hell-that anyone would ever write a book about them. In the months and years during which they faced and fought their war with life they could think only such thoughts as "How will I face the future?" "How can I go on living?" "Why did...
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This is in no sense a law book. The general reader cares little for lawyers and their dry rules of law, or the prosaic forms of practice and procedure in our courts. Everybody, however, is interested in the drama of a great trial, where the property, reputation, liberty, or life of a human being is often at stake. This has been strikingly exemplified recently by the great interest taken in the trial of Madame Steinheil in France, accounts of which...
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The object of this book is to let the cross-examination of one or more of the principal witnesses, in each case dealt with, speak for itself, with only such notes added as may be needed to clarify what might otherwise be obscure. In almost every trial a considerable part of the evidence adduced, though essential to the proof of the case, is less dramatic than that of the principal parties concerned. Each case referred to here is therefore prefaced...
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"Administrative Law: Adapting to New Challenges and Realities" explores the dynamic and evolving landscape of administrative law in the context of contemporary governance. This book goes into the multifaceted challenges faced by administrative systems worldwide, ranging from technological advancements and changing societal expectations to questions of accountability and transparency. Through in-depth analysis and insightful case studies, it offers...
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Getting married? Wondering about Prenuptial Agreements?
For anyone who is getting married, embarking on a prenuptial agreement is often a very distressing and disappointing journey. Sometimes the negotiations irreparably damage the marriage, or even cause a couple to break up. The Generous Prenup details the problems that prenups can cause and gives a couple guidance on how to foster a more peaceful and informed process with more caring and sensitive...
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A concise and practical guide to bringing the day-to-day practice of restorative justice programs into closer alignment with restorative values.
In the past twenty-five years there has been an explosion of programs, projects, and initiatives that use the terms "restorative justice" or "restorative practices." This reflects multiple trends: the failures and inhumanity of justice system policies and practices; the unfairness and ineffectiveness of...
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A practical guide to listening well in restorative justice programs and any relationship.
The Little Book of Listening is an introduction to and practical guide for listening as an emergent strategy for creating a transformed world. It presents radical listening as an essential macro-skill, one that is essential in forming "right relationships" with ourselves and others that are the necessary prerequisite to all lasting forms of social change.
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People with high conflict personalities (HCPs) clog our courts as plaintiffs with inappropriate claims against their personal "targets of blame," and as defendants who have harmed others and need to be stopped. Everybody knows someone with a High Conflict Personality. "How can he be so unreasonable?" "Why does she keep fighting? Can't she see how destructive she is?" "Can you believe they're going to court over ______?" Some HCPs are more difficult...
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Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY(TM) Model describes a well-researched process for coaching people on a one-on-one basis, to improve their skills and abilities to manage and engage in their interpersonal disputes. This comprehensive text written by Cinnie Noble, a lawyer-mediator and certified coach, not only provides a coaching model that uniquely integrates neuroscience principles with conflict management and coaching theory and practice....
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High conflict mediation requires a paradigm shift from traditional mediation-high conflict experts Bill Eddy and Michael Lomax show you how.
Over the past twelve years, the authors have been developing and practicing tips for managing high conflict clients in mediation, which is now a fully developed new method called New Ways for Mediation®. Mediating High Conflict Disputes gives all of the little tips, which any mediator can use, as well as the...
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Nous passons 80% de notre temps à négocier quelque chose. Selon le Carnegie Institute of Technology, 85% de notre succès financier est attribuable à notre personnalité et aux compétences en ingénierie humaine. Le Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ajoute que 80% de notre communication pourrait être décrite comme une forme de négociation. Ces compétences, entre autres, comprennent la communication, la confiance en soi, la capacité...
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From 1985 to 1987, the Home Office funded four experimental schemes in mediation and reparation for criminal cases in the UK. Tony Marshall of the Home Office Research and Planning Unit made arrangements for groups of independent researchers to monitor these schemes and for other researchers to carry out studies on other schemes within the UK.
This book gathers, together their substantial empirical research findings into a single coherent narrative....
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In Jamaica, the Caribbean and internationally, the process of arbitration as an alternative to court action in settling disputes is no longer the subject of an esoteric debate but increasingly is becoming a standard requirement in both government and private-sector contracts.
In the process of numerous and varied activities in this field, a great deal of experience and knowledge has been acquired by the author. Over the years, many of his colleagues,...
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Los trabajos que se recogen en este volumen abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, la relevancia del arbitraje en acción y no solo a partir de los textos normativos. Durante los últimos años, el arbitraje ha tenido una amplia difusión en el Perú, donde ha sido promovido por el Estado incluso con la incorporación de cláusulas arbitrales en una importante variedad de contratos estatales.
ALFREDO BULLARD GONZÁLEZ es abogado por la Pontificia...
16) Las trabajadoras remuneradas del hogar: acción colectiva y sindicalismo en Latinoamérica, 2000-2016
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El primer quindenio del siglo XXI trajo consigo un panorama de crisis para el movimiento sindical en Latinoamérica, debido a La instauración de lógicas corporativistas, al fortalecimiento de políticas de corte neoliberal, que sostienen la subsunción de la vida al capital, y al establecimiento de relaciones "cooperativas" de la clase trabajadora con la clase superdominante, en las que se pierde el lugar de confrontación y se desconoce la existencia...
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Este libro contiene una explicación concisa y a la vez rigurosa de los principales temas del servicio civil. Parte del derecho fundamental de acceso a los cargos públicos y de las importantes diferencias entre el derecho laboral y el derecho de la función pública, para aterrizar en su configuración legislativa con las características del denominado servicio civil. Explica, a continuación, cómo se organiza el servicio civil, cuáles son sus...
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Existe una visión predominante sobre cómo abordar los conflictos a través de mecanismos judiciales. Sin embargo, en los últimos años se ha cuestionado este enfoque del derecho procesal y se han desarrollado los mecanismos alternativos de resolución de conflictos, especialmente la negociación, la mediación, la conciliación y el arbitraje.
Este libro busca introducir al lector en la teoría del conflicto y en los mecanismos de solución para...
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Esta obra estudia el régimen general del arbitraje interno y el arbitraje comercial internacional en nuestro sistema legal. Los autores analizan, exponen y evalúan las principales instituciones ligadas al arbitraje, con un actualizado y sólido análisis de los cuerpos legales, la doctrina y la jurisprudencia en esta materia. El libro presenta material extremadamente útil para resolver los problemas más comunes que surgen en los procesos arbitrales.
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Reflexiones sobre dos ideas centrales: el carácter jurisdiccional atribuido al arbitraje y las implicancias de la jurisdicción en la actividad arbitral.
Este libro aborda los puntos de convergencia entre estos dos conceptos para afirmar -en contraposición a lo sostenido por el Tribunal Constitucional- que el arbitraje no es una actividad jurisdiccional, sino la expresión más intensa de la autonomía privada de partes, la misma que concurre con...
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