Special Issue: Negotiating Conflicting Notions of Justice
Albin, C., & Zartman, I.W. (2023). Negotiating Conflicting Notions of Justice. International Negotiation. 28(3).
Abstract
This special issue of International Negotiation explores how justice is, and may best be, negotiated when parties adhere to conflicting notions of what it means and requires. “Conflicting notions” refer to the endorsement of different principles or to conflicting interpretations of how the same justice principle is to be applied. It may also involve some party’s adhering to a justice principle, while its counterpart endorses criteria other than justice as the proper basis for the case at hand. A diversity of cases and methodological traditions is used to explore a set of analytical questions: Why do parties adhere to conflicting notions of justice in international negotiations? How do conflicting justice notions affect negotiation dynamics and what are different ways in which they can be handled? Are some ways of handling such notions better than others, in the sense of enhancing the chances of a durable agreement?
Contents
Negotiating Justice : From Conflict to Agreement - Cecilia Albin
Understanding Justice - David A. Welch
Justice in Negotiating: How and Where to Find It and Use It - I. William Zartman
Negotiating Post-Colonial Legacies: Conflicting Justice Notions in the Belgian Case - Valérie Rosoux
Prospects for Negotiation as a Means of Undoing the Gordian Knot of Just Land Reform in South Africa - Mark Anstey
Negotiating in China: Principles of Justice - Guy Olivier Faure
Conflicting Justice Notions in the World Trade Organization : Sweden as a Broker - Anders Ahnlid
Justice in International Negotiation Training - Paul Meerts
Justice and Negotiation: Themes and Directions - Daniel Druckman and Lynn Wagner
Future Issues of International Negotiation
About the Editors
Cecilia Albin is a professor and researcher specializing in negotiation, conflict resolution, and ethics and justice studies.
I. William Zartman is the Jacob Blaustein Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, and member of the Steering Committee of the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) Program.
