RE: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant toan arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread Friedman, Howard M.
Sent: Mon 1/3/2011 6:29 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant toan arbitration agreement? Eugene writes, " By the way, what do you think about a state university administering a privately funded schola

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

2011-01-03 Thread Nathan Oman
> > First, I assume as a matter of contract law that any obligations arising > out of such agreements that involve otherwise illegal conduct are void. So > genital mutilation, trading of girls as wives (or simply for procreation), > aiding polygamy, covering up child abuse when it is required to b

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

2011-01-03 Thread hamilton02
Nathan is correct in that I would think judicial enforcement of contracts requiring religious arbitrators has plenty of opportunities to threaten the liberal state. First, I assume as a matter of contract law that any obligations arising out of such agreements that involve otherwise illegal con

RE: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant toan arbitration agreement?

2011-01-03 Thread Marc Stern
_ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Nathan Oman Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 10:28 To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: May American court appoint only Muslim arbitrators, pursuant toan arbitration agreement?