Re: Wills that state they are to be interpreted under religious law

2011-04-30 Thread verizon
The courts are not going to get into which version of Sharia law applies. They want to apply “neutral principals of law.” The court will want something that can be applied mechanically and does not violate public policy. There are many cases of wills with religious requirements. Shapira v.

Re: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant to an arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread verizon
I use a contract clause to arbitrate using a Christian arbitration service. The clause spells out the service much like one would specify AAA to arbitrate. The clause does not give requirements for the arbitrators, just what organization will arbitrate. The reasoning is that the Bible tells

Re: Faith Base Banking

2010-05-10 Thread verizon
insurers in the health care law. Marci Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Volokh, Eugene vol...@law.ucla.edu Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 11:13:12 To: 'Law Religion issues for Law Academics'religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: RE: Faith Base Banking