{"product_id":"high-conflict-people-in-legal-disputes-by-bill-eddy-9781936268153","title":"High Conflict People in Legal Disputes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople with high conflict personalities (HCPs) clog our courts as plaintiffs with inappropriate claims against their personal \"targets of blame,\" and as defendants who have harmed others and need to be stopped. Everybody knows someone with a High Conflict Personality. \"How can he be so unreasonable?\" \"Why does she keep fighting? Can't she see how destructive she is?\" \"Can you believe they're going to court over ______?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome HCPs are more difficult than others, but they tend to share a similar preoccupation with blame that drives them into one dispute after another—and keeps everyone perplexed about how to deal with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing case examples and an analysis of the general litigation and negotiation behaviours of HCPs, \u003ci\u003eHigh Conflict People in Legal Disputes\u003c\/i\u003e helps make sense of the fears that drive people to file lawsuits and complaints. It provides insight for containing their behaviour while managing and\/or resolving their disputes. Characteristics of the five \"high-conflict\" personality disorders are explored:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBorderline\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNarcissistic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHistrionic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eParanoid\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAntisocial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Eddy\u003c\/b\u003e is a lawyer, therapist, mediator, and President of the High Conflict Institute. He developed the \"High Conflict Personality\" theory and is an international expert on the subject. He is a Certified Family Law Specialist and Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center. He has taught at the University of San Diego School of Law, is on the part-time faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law and the National Judicial College, and lectures at Monash University in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596577751276,"sku":"9781936268153","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781936268153-high-conflict-people-in-legal-disputes.jpg?v=1777931014","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/high-conflict-people-in-legal-disputes-by-bill-eddy-9781936268153","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}