Research and Publications
The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution publishes scholarly and creative works in all media. Some items are available as free downloads; others must be ordered.
Please visit: Peace and Conflict Resolution Lib Guide
Administrative Publications
- The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution 2011 Annual Report - .pdf (480kb)
- The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution 2010 Annual Report - .pdf (210kb)
- The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution 2009 Annual Report - .pdf (180kb)
- The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution 2008 Annual Report - .pdf (300kb)
- The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution 2007 Annual Report - .pdf (150kb)
Recent Faculty Publications
- Misunderstanding the Power to Declare War: Recognizing A Procedural and Textual Model - 2013
- Decision to War and International Law - 2010
- Decision to War and International Law - 2010
Brien Hallett
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Hong Kong: A Case for the Strategic Use of Human Rights Treaties and the International Reporting Process, 14(2) ASIAN-PACIFIC LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 28-83. - 2013
- Preserving Traditions or Breaking the Mold? A Comparative Study of the Impact of Transnational Human Rights Processes in the People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in Kyriaki Topidi and Lauren Fielder, eds., TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PROCESSES AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Ashgate Publishing Ltd.) - 2013
- Gender Diversity and Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Is there a Role for the Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities? Chapter in Alexander Schuster, ed, Equality and Justice: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the XXI Century, pp. 161- 176 (Italy 2011) - 2011
- Bridging the Gap? The Role of Regional and National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific, 13(1) ASIAN-PACIFIC LAW & POLICY JOURNAL 174-209 (2011) - 2011
- Sex Offender Registration and the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Legal and Policy Implications of Registering Juvenile Sex Offenders, 3(1) WILLIAM & MARY POLICY REVIEW 1- 35 - 2011
- International Norms and Domestic Law Reform: The Difficult Birth of Hong Kong’s Racial Discrimination Law, 6(2) DIRECTIONS 13-21 (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) - 2011
- Population Policy and Eugenic Theory: Implications of China's Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, 8 China: An International Journal 85-109 - 2010
- Inclusive Education and Conflict Resolution: Building a Model to Implement Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Asia Pacific, 40 HONG KONG LAW JOURNAL 481-512 - 2010
Carole Petersen
Items for Order
- Cultural Approaches to Conflict Resolution: (1) Perception of Conflict and (2) Settling Dispute (University of Hawai'i Research Center for Future Studies) - DVD $10.00 + shipping
- Mediating Workplace Disputes (Program on Conflict Resolution) - DVD $10.00 + shipping
- Reaching for Higher Ground in Conflict Resolution (Dukes, Franklin E., Piscolish, Marina A. & Stephens, John B.) - Book $25.00
Papers to Download (.pdf)
- Sustainable Saunders Survey by David Nixon, 2007 (14 pages) - .pdf (100kb)
- Resolving Discrimination Disputes in Higher Education: Qualitative Field Research at the University of Hawai'i by Brian Jarrett, 2005 (51 pages) - .pdf (350kb)
- Settling Civil Lawsuits in the Hawai'i Circuit Courts by John Barkai, Elizabeth Kent & Pamela Martin, 2005 (38 pages) - .pdf (12.5mb)
- He Au Papa 'Olelo: Promoting Dialogue Between Hawaiians and Non-Hawaiian by Dolores Foley, 2002 (22 pages) - .pdf (900kb)
- The Dynamics of the Japanese Protest Cycle of the Late 1960s - Early 1970s: A Theoretical Model by Patricia G. Steinhoff, 1998 (31 pages) - .pdf (2mb)
- Event History Analysis of the Japanese Protest Cycle of the Late 1960s - Early 1970s: Research Strategy and Pretests by Patricia G. Steinhoff, 1998 (35 pages) - .pdf (2.5mb)
- Teaching Negotiation and ADR: The Savvy Samurai Meets the Devil by John Barkai, 1997 (58 pages) - .pdf (2mb)
- Public Negotiation and Ethnic Discourse Dynamics in Fiji by Andrew Arno, 1995 (47 pages) - .pdf (1.5mb)
- Using Electronic Mail for International Negotiation Simulations by John Barkai & Andrew Clark, 1993 (14 pages) - .pdf (550kb)
- Participating the Public: Group Process, Politics and Planning by Kem Lowry, Peter Adler & Neal Milner, 1993 (25 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Development is Letting Go of Fear by James A. Roumasset, 1993 (25 pages) - .pdf (400kb)
- Hawai'i's Court-Annexed Arbitration Program Final Evaluation Report by John Barkai & Gene Kassebaum, 1992 (112 pages) - .pdf (2.4mb)
- Cross-Cultural Issues in the Justice System: The Case of the Aboriginal People in Canada by Therese Lajeunesse, 1991 (45 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Rights Talk and the Politics of Harmony by Neal Milner, 1991 (45 pages) - .pdf (1.1mb)
- Mediation in the Pacific Pentangle by Bruce Barnes, 1991 (125 pages) - .pdf (4mb)
- Dispute Management in Rotuma by Alan Howard, 1990 (54 pages) - .pdf (1.3mb)
- Pushing the Limits on Court-Annexed Arbitration: The Hawai'i Experience by John Barkai & Gene Kassebaum, 1990 (33 pages) - .pdf (660kb)
- Construction and Validation of a Conflict Management Inventory: A Cross-Culturally Oriented Measure of Conflict Management Style by Susan B. Goldstein, 1990 (127 pages) - .pdf (2.7mb)
- Mediation of Complex and Public Interest Cases: An Evaluation Report to the Judiciary by Kem Lowry, 1989 (74 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Using Court-Annexed Arbitration to Reduce Litigant Costs and to Increase the Pace of Litigation by John Barkai & Gene Kassebaum, 1989 (49 pages) - .pdf (1.2mb)
- ADR in India: The Lok Adalat as an Alternative to Court Litigation of Personal Injury and Criminal Cases in South India by Gene Kassebaum, 1989 (36 pages) - .pdf (900kb)
- Markets, Mediation, and Governance: A constitutional Perspective for Commercial Relation by Susan Barr & James Roumasset, 1989 (30 pages) - .pdf (700kb)
- A Northern Thai Mediation by Jack Bilmes, 1989 (114 pages) - .pdf (2.8mb)
- Court Annexed Arbitration in Hawai'i: An Evaluation of Cost, Satisfaction, and Pace by John Barkai & Gene Kassebaum, 1988 (43 pages) - .pdf (1.3mb)
- The Ideologies of Mediation: Movement's Own Story by Peter Adler, Karen Lovaas & Neal Milner, 1987 (37 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion at Kahe Point, Oahu: An Attempt at Community Dialogue by Brian Takeda, 1987 (64 pages) - .pdf (1.6mb)
- The French Nuclear Testing in the South Pacific: Case Study of an Environmental Dispute by Bruce E. Barnes, 1987 (56 pages) - .pdf (1.9mb)
- The Public and Private in Mediation: The Movement's Own Story by Neal Milner, Karen Lovaas & Peter Adler, 1987 (71 pages) - .pdf (700kb)
- PCR Data Base Project Report by Susan B. Goldstein & David B. Chandler, 1987 (71 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Straightening Relationships and Settling Disputes in Hawai'i: Ho'oponopono and Mediation by E. Victoria Shook & Leonard Ke'ala Kwan, 1987 (58 pages) - .pdf (1.2mb)
- Thinking About Interdisciplinary Inquiry: A look At the University of Hawai'i's Seminar on Culture and Dispute by Neal Milner & Vicki Shook, 1987 (49 pages) - .pdf (850kb)
- Cultural Aspects of Dispute by Victor Hao Li, President, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI & Sally E. Merry, Professor of Anthropology, Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1987 (30 pages) - .pdf (1mb)
- Cultural Issues in Mediation: A Literature Review by Susan Goldstein, 1986 (44 pages) - .pdf (400kb)
