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Robert A. Baruch Bush
Robert A. Baruch Bush
 
Harry H. Rains Distinguished Professor of Arbitration and
Alternative Dispute Settlement Law
B.A., Harvard University
J.D., Stanford University
Phone:  (516) 463-5888
Fax:  (516) 463-4800
E-mail:  lawrab@hofstra.edu

Publications

THE PROMISE OF MEDIATION: THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO CONFLICT, 2d Revised Edition, with Joseph P. Folger (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, forthcoming 2005).

"Rabbinic Mediation of Intra-Congregational Conflict: Changing the Quality of Conflict Interaction within a Congregational Community," in Y. Levitz ed. PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR PRACTICING RABBIS (forthcoming, 2005).

"One Size Does Not Fit All: A Pluralistic Approach to Mediator Performance Testing and Quality Assurance," 19 OHIO STATE J. ON DISPUTE RES. 965 (2004).

"Transformative Mediation: Changing the Quality of Family Conflict Interaction," with Sally G. Pope, in MEDIATING FAMILY AND DIVORCE DISPUTES, J. Folberg, A. Milne & P. Salem eds. (N.Y.: Guilford Press, 2004).

"Changing the Quality of Conflict Interaction: The Principles and Practice of Transformative Mediation," with Sally G. Pope, 3 PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RES. L. J. 67 (2002).

"Substituting Mediation for Arbitration: the Growing Market for Evaluative Mediation, and What it Means for the ADR Field," 3 PEPPERDINE DISPUTE RES. L.J. 111 (2002).

"Mediation and ADR: Insights from the Jewish Tradition," 28 FORDHAM URBAN L. J. 1007 (2001).

"Handling Workplace Conflict: Why Transformative Mediation," 18 HOFSTRA LAB. & EMPLOYMENT L. J. 367 (2001).

DESIGNING MEDIATION: APPROACHES TO TRAINING AND PRACTICE WITHIN A TRANSFORMATIVE FRAMEWORK, co-ed. with Joseph P. Folger (N.Y.: Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, 2001).

"Understanding Conflict and Human Capacity: the Role of Premises in Mediation Training," with Sally G. Pope, 38 FAM. & CONCIL. COURTS REV. 41 (2000).

"Transformative Mediation and Third Party Intervention: Ten Hallmarks of a Transformative Practitioner," with Joseph P. Folger. 13 MEDIATION QUARTERLY 263 (1996) [Lead article for Special Issue]

"What Do We Need a Mediator For?: Mediation's Value-Added for Negotiators." 12 OHIO STATE J. ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION 1 (1996).

"Chapter 14: Ethical Dilemmas." In MEDIATING LEGAL DISPUTES, D. Golann ed. (Boston: Little Brown, 1996).

"Alternative Futures: Imagining How ADR May Affect the Court System in Coming Decades." 15 REV. OF LITIGATION 455 (1996).

"The Unexplored Possibilities of Community Mediation: A Comment on Merry and Milner." 20 LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY 801 (1996).

"Dispute Resolution--The Domestic Arena: Methods, Applications and Critical Issues." In BEYOND CONFRONTATION (J. Vasquez, J. Johnson, & L. Stamato eds., Ann Arbor: Univ. of Michigan Press, 1994).

THE DILEMMAS OF MEDIATION PRACTICE: A STUDY OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS (Washington, D. C.: National Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1992) [Republished in "Symposium: The Dilemmas of Mediation Practice." 1994 J. DISPUTE RESOLUTION 1.]

"Mediation and Adjudication, Dispute Resolution and Ideology: An Imaginary Conversation." 3 J. CONTEMP. LEGAL ISSUES 1 (1989-90).

"Efficiency and Protection, or Empowerment and Recognition?: The Mediator's Role and Ethical Standards in Mediation." 41 U. FLA. L. REV. 253 (1989).

"Defining Quality in Dispute Resolution: Taxonomies and Anti-Taxonomies of Quality Arguments." 66 DEN. U. L. REV. 335 (1989).

"Between Two Worlds: The Shift from Individual to Group Responsibility in the Law of Causation of Injury," 33 U.C.L.A. L.REV. 1473 (1986).

"Dispute Resolution Alternatives and the Goals of Civil Justice: Jurisdictional Principles for Process Choice." 1984 WIS. L. REV. 893 (1984).
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