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Foreword
Therearetensofbooksonlegalnegotiations,approachingthe
problemfromdifferent,ofteninconsistentoreclecticperspectives.
ItisespeciallytrueoftheEnglishlegalliterature,whichisnosurprise,
asnegotiationshaveforsometimenowbeenanimportantmethod
ofconflictresolutioninthecommonlaw.However,itisnotsoobvious
inthoselegalcultures,whichfollowthelcontinental’paradigmofthe
legalsystem:trappedintheirongraspofpositivisticthinking,continen-
tallawyersshowlittlesympathyfornegotiating.Weattempttoidentify
thebasicfactorswhichareresponsibleforthisstateofaffairs.
Buttheproblemoflegalnegotiationsismorefundamental,
ittranscendsthedifferencesbetweenthecommonlawandthecon-
tinentalperspectives.Webelievethatltakingnegotiationsseriously’
decisivelyshapesourunderstandingofthelaw:itisaninherently
dialecticaloropen-endedphenomenon.Whatismostcharacteristic
oflaw,isnotwhatjudgesdoorsayitistheprocessofnegotiating
betweentwofreelyparticipatingparties.Suchanoutlookunderscores
thefutilityofthelscholastic’debatespertainingtothelnatureoflaw’
ortherelationshipbetweenlawandmorality,whichpredominate
thecontemporaryphilosophyoflaw.Thethirddimensioninwhich
webelievetohavesaidsomethingnovelismethodology.Instead
ofdevelopinganlideal’modelofnegotiations,wehavetriedtoshow
whatarethepossibleapproachestolegalnegotiating.Moreover,we
claimthattherearenoabsolute,universallyapplicablemethodsofne-
gotiations.Howonenegotiatesisalwaysamatterofchoice,hanging
togetherwithvariousfactors(thecaseathand,itscontextornegotia-
tionhabits).Itis,however,extremelyimportanttoreachsomelevel
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