Publication Date

Fall 2022

Journal

Texas A&M Law Review

Abstract

Carrie Menkel-Meadow (sometimes referred to as “Carrie” herein) is famous in the dispute resolution world as one of the field’s founders. Her prolific writing on dispute resolution—negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and the variants of these major processes—evidences an unrivaled passion for the subject. A renaissance thinker, her intellectual explorations also extend to other areas such as women’s rights and restorative justice for victims of egregious wrongs.

Her multiple passions sometimes create dynamic tensions. For example, what happens if mediation norms threaten a woman’s rights? Or if mediators divert the focus of a dispute resolution process to the future, neglecting a horrific past?

This Essay, in Part II, comments on Carrie Menkel-Meadow’s career and scholarship and then, in Part III, looks at two instances where dynamic tensions arise when her quest for justice in chosen arenas collides with mediation norms. When incompatible passions collide, what prevails?

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

43

Last Page

54

Publisher

Texas A&M University School of Law

Keywords

Dispute Resolution, Curriculum, Education (General), Legal Education, Psychiatry and Psychology

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Law | Legal Education

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