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- Title
The Future of Sharia Law in American Arbitration.
- Authors
Sisson, Erin
- Abstract
A rising tide of Islamophobia in the United States has led, in recent years, to state-level efforts to prohibit the application of Sharia law in American courts. While these bans have been largely unsuccessful as legislation--the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has even declared one such ban unconstitutional--the growing uneasiness among Americans regarding the application of Sharia law persists. Similar tensions have been addressed in Canada and the United Kingdom through reform of the application of Sharia law in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms. By taking a critical look at the American ADR system through the lens of Canadian and British reforms, a mode of reconciling religious arbitration with egalitarian values, and concerns, can emerge.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; CANADA; UNITED States; ISLAMIC law in non-Islamic countries; ARBITRATION &; award; ISLAMOPHOBIA -- Social aspects; UNITED States. Court of Appeals (10th Circuit); CONSTITUTIONAL law; LAW reform; RELIGION &; law; DISPUTE resolution; RELIGION; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 2015, Vol 48, Issue 3, p891
- ISSN
0090-2594
- Publication type
Article