Robert H. Mnookin

Samuel Williston Professor of Law

Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project

Chair, Steering Committee, Program on Negotiation

Office:	Hauser 416
Assistant:	Caryn May 617/495-9200
Phone:	(617) 495-9201
Fax:	(617) 496-3777
Email:	mnookin@law.harvard.edu
Web Page:	Mnookin.Com

Faculty Directory listing

Bibliography

Books

Mnookin, Robert H. Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight (Kathy Holub ed., Simon & Schuster 1 ed. 2010).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & D. Kelly Weisberg. Child, Family and State (Aspen Law & Business Fifth ed. 2005).
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Mnookin, Robert H., S. Peppet & A. Tulumello. Beyond Winning: Negotiating To Create Value in Deals and Disputes (Harvard University Press 2000).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & D. Kelly Weisberg. Child, Family and State (Aspen Law and Business Fourth ed. 2000).
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Mnookin, Robert H. Negotiating on Behalf of Others: Advice to Lawyers, Business Executives, Sports Agents, Diplomats, Politicians and Everybody Else (L. Susskind & P. Foster eds., Sage Publications 1999).
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Gilbert Law Summaries: Antitrust (Thomas M. Jorde, Mark A. Lemley & Robert H. Mnookin eds., Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Legal and Professional Publications 9th ed. 1996).
(8th ed. 1983; 7th ed. 1980)

Mnookin, Robert H. Barriers to Conflict Resolution (K. Arrow ed., W.W.Norton & Company, New York 1995).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & D. Kelly Weisberg. Child, Family and State (Little, Brown and Company Third ed. 1995).

Mnookin, Robert H. & E. Maccoby. Dividing The Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody (Harvard University Press 1992).
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Mnookin, Robert H. In the Interest of Children: Advocacy, Law Reform & Public Policy (W.H. Freeman & Co. 1985).
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(Paperback edition issued by PON Books, Cambridge, Mass., (1996))

Mnookin, Robert H. & D. Kelly Weisberg. Child, Family and State (Little, Brown Second ed. 1985).
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Mnookin, Robert H. Child, Family, and State: Problems and Materials on Children and the Law (Little, Brown & Co. First ed. 1978).
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Shorter Works in Collection

Blum, Gabriella & Robert H. Mnookin. "When Not to Negotiate" in The ABA Negotiator's Fieldbook 101 (Andrea K. Schneider & Christopher Honeyman eds., 2006).

Mnookin, Robert H. & Alain-Laurent Verbeke. "La Theorie de la Negociation. Utile pour la Belgique" in Bye-Bye Belgium 589 (Philippe Dutilleul ed., Labor, 2006).

Bordone, Robert C. & Robert H. Mnookin. "Negotiation Teaching in Law Schools" in Negotiation Pedagogy: A Research Survey of Four Disciplines 11 (PON Books, 2000).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Divorce" in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (P. Newman ed., Grove Dictionaries, Inc., New York, 1998).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Alternative Dispute Resolution" in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law (Grove Dictionaries, Inc., New York, 1998).

Gilson, Ronald J. & Robert H. Mnookin. "Cooperation and Competition in Litigation: Can Lawyers Dampen Conflict" in Barriers to Conflict Resolution (Kenneth Arrow, Robert H. Mnookin, Lee Ross, Amos Tversky & Robert Wilson eds., W.W. Norton, 1995).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "The Implicit Contract for Law Firm Associates: Ex Post Opportunism and Ex Ante Bonding" in The Firm as a Nexus of Treaties (Sage Publications, 1990).

Mnookin, Robert H., E. Maccoby, C. Depner & C. Albiston. "Private Ordering Revisited: What Custodial Arrangements Are Parents Negotiating?" in Divorce Reform at the Crossroads (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1990).

Mnookin, Robert H., E. Maccoby & C. Depner. "Custody of Children Following Divorce" in Impact of Divorce, Single Parenting, and Stepparenting on Children (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, New Jersey, 1988).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Entries for "Children's Rights," "Gault, In Re," Ginsberg v. New York," and "Juvenile Proceedings"" in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (Leonard W. Levy, Kenneth L. Karst & Dennis J. Mahoney eds., Macmillan, 1986).
(2nd ed.: Leonard W. Levy, Kenneth L. Karst & Adam Winkler eds., Macmillan, 2000)

Mnookin, Robert H. "Bellotti v. Baird: A Hard Case" in The Interests of Children: Advocacy, Law Reform & Public Policy (W.H. Freeman & Co. New York, 1985).

Mnookin, Robert H. & E. Szwed. "The Best Interests Syndrome as the Allocation of Power in Child Care" in Providing Civil Justice for the Child (Edward Arnold, 1984).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Transportation Pricing and the Theory of the Second Best" in Techniques of Transport Planning: Price and Program Evaluation (1970).

Articles in a Periodical

Mnookin, Robert H. "Tribute to Roger Fisher," 126, Number 4 Harvard Law Review (2013).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Introduction: A Purposeful Life Well Lived," 29 Negotiation Journal (2013).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Rethinking the Tension Between Peace and Justice: The International Criminal Prosecutor as Diplomat," 18 Harvard Negotiation Law Review (forthcoming 2013).

Mnookin, Robert H. & Alain-Laurent Verbeke. "Persistent Nonviolent Conflict with No Reconciliation: The Flemish and Walloons in Belgium," 72 Law & Contemp. Probs. 151 (2009).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Ethnic Conflicts: Flemings and Walloons, Palestinians and Israelis," 136:1 Daedalus p. 103-119 (2007).

Eiran, E., Robert H. Mnookin & S. Mitter. "Barriers to Progress at the Negotiation Table: Internal Conflicts Among Israelis and Among Palestinians," 6 Nevada Law Journal 299 (2006).

Susskind, Lawrence, Robert H. Mnookin, Lukasz Rozdeiczer & Boyd Fuller. "What We Learned Teaching Multiparty Negotiation," 21 Negotiation Journal 395 (2005).

Mnookin, Robert H. & Frank E. A. Sander. "Foreword," 10 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 1 (2005).
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Mnookin, Robert H. "Conference Report: The Internal Israeli Conflict: The Past Present and Future of the Jewish West Bank and Gaza Settlements," 21 Negotiation Journal 165 (2005).

Mnookin, Robert H. & Ehud Eiran. "Discord 'Behind the Table': The Internal Conflict Among Israeli Jews Concerning the Future of Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza," 1 Journal of Dispute Resolution 11 (2005).
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Mnookin, Robert H. "Retablir le dialogue social au sein del lOrchestre symphonique de San Francisco," 438 Personnel (2003).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Strategic Barriers to Dispute Resolution: A Comparison of Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiations," 159 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 199 (2003).
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Mnookin, Robert H. "When Not to Negotiate: A Negotiation Imperialist Reflects on Appropriate Limits," 74 University of Colorado Law Review 1977 (2003).
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Mnookin, Robert H. "Afghanistan: Negotiating in the Face of Terrorism," 19, No.4 Conflict Resolution International Quarterly (2002).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & Eleanor Maccoby. "Facing the Dilemmas of Child Custody," 10 The Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 1 (2002).
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Mnookin, Robert H. "A New Direction: Transforming Relations within the San Francisco Symphony," Harmony: Forum of the Symphony Orchestra Institute, 2001, at 13.

Sander, Frank E. A. & Robert H. Mnookin. "Teaching of Problem Solving in Law Schools Is a Worthy Challenge," Dispute Resolution Magazine, Summer 2000, at 21.
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Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Wilson. "A Model of Efficient Discovery," 25 Games and Economic Behavior 219 (1998).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Commentary: Negotiation, Settlement, and the Contingent Fee," 47 DePaul Law Review 2 (1998).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Croson. "Does Disputing Through Agents Enhance Cooperation? Experimental Evidence," 26 Journal of Legal Studies 2 (1997).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & D. Cronson. "Scaling the Stonewall: Retaining Lawyers to Bolster Credibility," 1 Harvard Neg'n Law Review 65 (1996).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & F. Sander. "Foreward," 1 Harvard Neg'n Law Review 1 (1996).
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Mnookin, Robert H., S. Peppet & A. Tulumello. "The Tension Between Empathy and Assertiveness," 12 Neg'n Journal 217 (1996).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Die Schwierigkeiten der Sorgerechtsregelung," 42 Farmz 1 (1995).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "Foreword: Business Lawyers and Value Creation for Clients," 74 Oregon Law Review 1 (1995).
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Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "Disputing Through Agents: Cooperation Between Lawyers in Litigation," 94 Columbia Law Review 509 (1994).

Mnookin, Robert H., L. Peters & E. Maccoby. "Enforcing Divorce Settlements: Evidence from Child Support Compliance and Award Modifications," 30 Demography 719 (1993).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Why Negotiations Fail: An Exploration of Barriers to the Resolution of Conflict," 8 Ohio Sate Journal on Dispute Resolution 235 (1993).

Maccoby, E., C. Buchanan, Robert H. Mnookin & S. Dornbusch. "Post-Divorce Roles of Mothers and Fathers in the Lives of Their Children," 7 Journal of Family Psychology 24 (1993).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Birke. "Saddam's Folly: Playing Chicken With George Bush," 8 New England Journal 41 (1992).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Commentary for Centennial Issue: The Most Cited Articles from The Yale Law Journal," 100 The Yale Law Journal 1494 (1991).

Coons, J., Robert H. Mnookin & S. Sugarman. "Puzzling over Children's Rights," 1991 Brigham Young Law Review 307 (1991).

Mnookin, Robert H., C. Albiston & E. Maccoby. "Does Joint Legal Custody Matter?" 2 Stanford Law 168 (1990).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Wilson. "Rational Bargaining and Market Efficiency: Understanding Pennzoil v. Texaco," 75 University of Virginia Law Review 2 (1989).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "Coming of Age in a Corporate Law Firm: The Economics of Associate Career Patterns," 41 Stanford Law Review 567 (1989).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Beyond Litigation," 23 Stanford Law Review 3 (1989).

Mnookin, Robert H. "The Guardianship of Phillip B.: Jay Spears' Achievement," 40 Stanford Law Review 841 (1988).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Child Advocacy: A Look at Test-Case Litigation," 20 Stanford Lawyer 15 (1986).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Divorce Bargaining: The Limits on Private Ordering," 18 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 1015 (1985).
(Also published as chapter in Alternative Methods of Resolving Family Disputes, J. Eekelaar & S. Katz, eds., Butterworths (1984))

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "Sharing Among the Human Capitalists: An Economic Inquiry Into the Corporate Law Firm and How Partners Split Profits," 37 Stanford Law Review 313 (1985).

Mnookin, Robert H. & William J. Kelley. "Spreading the Word About Spreadsheet Software," 4 California Law Review 5 (1984).

Mnookin, Robert H. & R. Gilson. "Dividing the Pie: An Economic Inquiry into Law Firm Profit Sharing," 19 Stanford Law Review 4 (1984).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Two Puzzles," 1984 Arizona State Law Journal 667 (1984).
(Legislative Workshop: Depriving Newborns of Life Sustaining Treatment)

Mnookin, Robert H. "The Public/Private Dichotomy: Political Disagreement and Academic Repudiation," 130 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1429 (1982).

Mnookin, Robert H., R. Cooter & S. Marks. "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: A Testable Model of Strategic Behavior," 11 Journal of Legal Studies 225 (1982).

Mnookin, Robert H. & S. Foote. "Using Jail for Child Support Enforcement," 48 University of Chicago Law Review 338 (1981).

Mnookin, Robert H. & S. Foote. "The 'Kid-Vid' Crusade," 90 The Public Interests 612 (1980).

Mnookin, Robert H. & L. Kornhauser. "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce," 88 Yale Law Journal 950 (1979).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Children's Rights: Legal and Ethical Dilemmas," 41 The Pharos 2 (1978).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Children's Rights: Beyond Kiddie Libbers and Child Savers," 8 Journal of Clinical Child Pyschology 163 (1978).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Reforming Foster Care," 1 Children's Rights Report (1977).

Mnookin, Robert H. & J. Coons. "Toward A Theory of Children's Rights," 28 Harvard Law School Bull. 18 (1977).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Child Custody Adjudication: Judicial Functions in the Face of Indeterminacy," 226 Law & Contemporary Problems 3 (1975).

Mnookin, Robert H. "An American Lawyer's Views of Section 40 of the Trade Practices Act 1," 1 University of New South Wales Law Journal 121 (1975).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Beyond the Best Interests of the Child," 14 Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry 180 (1975) (book review).

Mnookin, Robert H. "Foster Care: In Who's Best Interest?" 43 Harvard Education Review 599 (1973).
(reprinted in THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, Harvard Education Review, Cambridge, Mass. (1974), and in HAVING CHILDREN: PHILOSOPHICAL AND LEGAL REFLECTIONS ON PARENTHOOD (O. O'Neill & W. Ruddick, eds.) Oxford University Press, New York (1978))

Mnookin, Robert H. "The Information Value of Demand Equation," 74 Journal of Policy and Economy 34 (1966).

Articles in a Newspaper

Mnookin, Robert H. "Belgium's Loveless Marriage," Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2012.

Mnookin, Robert H. "Israel's Deals With the Devils," Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2011, at A17.

Mnookin, Robert H. & Alain-Laurent Verbeke. "Bye Bye Belgium?" International Herald Tribune, December 20, 2006, Op-Ed.

Mnookin, Robert H. & Susan Hackley. "Disconnecting 'Quid' From 'Quo'," Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2004.

Mnookin, Robert H. "Cardinal Law's Leadership Challenge," Boston Herald, March 2002, Op-ed.

Mnookin, Robert H. "Law's Leadership Lacking: Cardinal Failed to Look into Key Questions," Boston Herald, February 25, 2002, Op-ed.

Mnookin, Robert H. & J. Greenberg. "Lessons of the IBM-Fujitsu Arbitration: How Disputants Can Work Together to Solve Deeper Conflicts," Dispute Resolution Magazine, Spring 1998, at 4.

Mnookin, Robert H. & T. Melling. "Water Reform Beyond the Drought," The San Francisco Chronicle, March 13, 1993, Op Ed, at A20.

Mnookin, Robert H. "The Mystery of the Texaco Case," The Wall Street Journal, November 27, 1987.

Mnookin, Robert H., J. Bulow & T. Jackson. "Winners and Losers in the Manville Bankruptcy," Wall Street Journal, November 4, 1982, Op Ed.

Mnookin, Robert H. "Was stimmit nicht mit der Forml 'Kindeswohl'?" FAMILIENRECHT, 1975, at 1.

Presentations

Mnookin, Robert H. The Disappearing American Jury Trial: Its Implications for Convergence in Civil Justice (June 25-26,2002).