RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed

2011-03-23 Thread Helfand, Michael A
: RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed Dear All, First, thanks to Rick for passing this thread along to me and I’m pleased to have joined the listserv. I had a couple of initial reactions to the case: (1)If this were not an arbitration before

RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed

2011-03-22 Thread Volokh, Eugene
Not only was the headline misleading, but my subject line was grammatically appalling! I've tried to correct it; my apologies as to that. I agree that it sounds like the judge wasn't ordering the use of Islamic law in the first instance, but it sounds like the

RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed

2011-03-22 Thread Douglas Laycock
, VA 22903 434-243-8546 From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:11 PM To: Law Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures

RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed

2011-03-22 Thread Helfand, Michael A
Religion issues for Law Academics' Subject: RE: May court decide whether religious arbitration procedures were followed Serbian Eastern v. Milivojevich holds that civil courts cannot decide whether religious courts followed their own procedures. Removing a bishop is an especially sensitive context