A contract is an agreement having a lawful object entered into voluntarily by two or more parties, each of whom intends to create one or more legal obligations between them. The elements of a contract are “offer” and “acceptance” by “competent persons” having legal capacity who exchange “consideration” to create “mutuality of obligation.”
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Presenter:
Frank Sander
As we enter the 21st century, there is much evidence of major change in the way disputes are being handled. But quantitatively speaking, ADR still has not made much of an impact. Courts and the adversary system are still viewed as the norm. How can we change this culture? Professor Frank Sander will explore
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In a highly complex, emotionally-charged dispute, how do you build consensus? On October 7th, a distinguished panel considered responses to this question at Negotiating Common Ground: What To Do With the World Trade Center Site, presented by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The event explored ways in which consensus-building techniques
The Program on Negotiation Clearinghouse announces the release of a new mediation training video, produced as a collaborative venture between the Program on Negotiation and the Center for Mediation in Law. The video, entitled Saving the Last Dance: Mediation Through Understanding, demonstrates the “Mediation through Understanding” mediation model that Gary J. Friedman, Jack Himmelstein, and
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Arnold M. Zack
The United States has the reputation for effective use of mediation and arbitration of disputes in unionized workplaces. Anyone who has ever been inconvenienced abroad by frequent strikes of transit or government workers must wonder why other countries don’t adopt a system like ours, free of wildcat strikes. Arnold Zack, whose background and
First Title Published in New Book Series
Playing for high stakes — in politics, business or everyday life — demands “breakthrough” negotiation, according to Michael Watkins, professor at the Harvard Business School, and Susan Rosegrant of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Their new book, Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed The World’s
Peace of Mind: Coexistence through the Eyes of Palestinian and Israeli Teens is the title of the first film in a series on conflict resolution to air throughout this academic year. Sponsored by the Program on Negotiation and the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, the series will include films offering graphic insights into conflictual situations in
Five advanced students have been named PON Graduate Fellows for the academic year 2001-2002. They will join the Program and participate in its activities while writing their doctoral dissertations during this period. Two of the new Fellows, Michèle Ferenz and Gregg Macey, are students in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. Noam
On April 7, 2000, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School honored former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell with the first Great Negotiator Award. Mitchell was recognized for his role as a master coalition builder at home and abroad. Under his leadership the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom and the political parties of
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