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

2011-01-03 Thread Marc Stern
-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? It seems difficult

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

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 be

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

2011-01-03 Thread Friedman, Howard M.
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 scholarship for Christian students? Just