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A Genesis Of Conflict: The Zero-Sum Mindset, Jonathan R. Cohen
A Genesis Of Conflict: The Zero-Sum Mindset, Jonathan R. Cohen
UF Law Faculty Publications
Parties in conflict often operate under the assumption that for one party to win, the other party must lose. This concept, known as the “zero-sum mindset,” can lead to undesirable results, both because it can make disputes harder to resolve and because people holding such beliefs are more likely to get into conflicts to begin with. Over the past several decades, legal educators specializing in dispute resolution have worked hard to challenge that mindset. This task is not simple, for framing conflict in zero-sum terms has very deep cultural roots tracing back at least to the Biblical stories in Genesis. …
Llcs And The Private Ordering Of Dispute Resolution, Peter Molk, Verity Winship
Llcs And The Private Ordering Of Dispute Resolution, Peter Molk, Verity Winship
UF Law Faculty Publications
An emerging question in U.S. business law is how the organizational documents of a business entity set the rules for resolving internal disputes. This practice is routine in commercial contracts, which may specify where or how disputes must be resolved. Recent use of litigation provisions in corporation charters and bylaws have sparked controversy, ultimately leading to legislative action to preserve shareholder suits from contractual waiver. Yet despite accounting for the majority of business organizations and sharing features with corporations, non-corporate business entities and their internal dispute resolution process have been largely ignored. How do these non-corporate entities set ex ante …