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Robert H. Mnookin

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Robert H. Mnookin · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Negotiation and dispute-resolution scholar; co-author of 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law'

When

1942, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Robert H. Mnookin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Negotiation and dispute-resolution scholar; co-author of 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law'

How & why

Mnookin is a Harvard Law School professor and a leading scholar of negotiation and dispute resolution; his 1979 article 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law,' with Lewis Kornhauser, showed how legal rules shape private bargaining, especially in divorce, and became a foundational text of the field. He directs Harvard's negotiation research program and has written on resolving intractable conflicts. He is Jewish and has written about Jewish history and identity.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence

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Negotiation and dispute-resolution scholar; co-author of 'Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law'

1942

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence