Putting down the light sabers: Mitchell Hamline School of Law brings dispute resolution to Star Wars in new book
A new article out today about our book on Star Wars and Conflict Resolution, including an interview with its publisher, DRI Press
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Luke Skywalker’s galaxy may be far, far away but “Force”-ful lessons for settling differences in this world abound in “Star Wars and Conflict Resolution: There Are Alternatives to Fighting.”
The book is the latest publication from Mitchell Hamline’s nationally ranked Dispute Resolution Institute and its publishing arm, DRI Press. It soared close to the top of the best-selling conflict resolution titles on Amazon when it launched in December, according to Professor Sharon Press, who directs the institute and oversees the press.
“For those of us in the field who really want people to understand what we do and to learn more about the concepts of positive conflict resolution, it’s an amazing, fun, and accessible way to get these ideas in front of people,” said Press.
The book, a collection of contributing articles from legal and other expert minds across the galaxy, examines sources of conflict and strategies for resolving conflict through Star Wars case studies and characters, from Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader to Wookiees and Ewoks. Instead of debating whether Han Solo shot first, perhaps the better question is whether that conflict in the cantina over debts could have been avoided altogether.