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TheArtofLegalNegotiations
andsocialchanges,theperspectiveofwinningacostlytrialwhich
lastsseveralyearsisunacceptable.Werequireimmediateoutcomes,
notlegalrituals.Thus,weneedtobecomenegotiatorssearchingfor
thecompromiseatanyprice,savingbothourselvesandourclients
moneyandtime.Thismuchisunquestionable.Moreover,negotia-
tionsshouldnotbelocatedatthedistantbordersoflegalpracticeby
identifyingsomespheresinwhichnegotiationispossible.Onecan
negotiateatanytimeandanytypeoflegallyrelevantproblem,aswell
asatanystageoftheproceedings.Ofcourse,thechoiceofnegotia-
tionfordisputeresolutiondoesnotrelieveusfromobligationstothe
existinglawsandfromapplyingthecriteriaofcorrectnessdemanded
bytheprocessofnegotiating.
Andafinalquestion:dotheauthorshavethecompetenceinthe
disciplinetheyarewillingtodescribe?Allpossibleanswersarewrong
here.Wecanonlypointoutthatwehavebeenpreoccupiedwiththe
methodologicalproblemspertainingtolegalnegotiationsforsome
timenow
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,andatleastoneofushasbeenusingnegotiationmethods
inlegalpracticeformanyyears.
1.Thenegotiablelaw
Itisourgoaltoshowthatthelawoutofitsveryontologicaland
epistemologicalnaturehasanegotiationsense.Inthephilosophy
oflaw,discussionshaveoftencentredontheldialogical’orldiscur-
sive’characterofthelaw.Thedialogicaldimensionofthelawhas
beenanalyzed,interalia,bytherepresentativesofphenomenology
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Themostimportantmonographsinclude:J.Stelmach,Współczesnafilozofia
interpretacjiprawniczej(ContemporaryPhilosophyofLegalInterpretation),Kraków1996;
J.Stelmach,Kodeksargumentacyjnydlaprawników(ArgumentationCodeforLawyers),
Kraków2002;J.Stelmach,B.Brożek,MethodsofLegalReasoning,Dordrecht2006;
B.Brożek,DefeasibilityofLegalReasoning,Kraków2004;B.Brożek,Rationalityand
Discourse.TowardsaNormativeModelofApplyingLaw,Warszawa2007;J.Stelmach,
B.Brożek,W
.Załuski,Dziesięćwykładówoekonomiiprawa(TenLecturesontheEconomics
ofLaw),Warszawa2007.
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