Public Record · Federal statute
9 U.S.C. § 2 — Validity, irrevocability, and enforcement of agreements to arbitrate
The provision making written arbitration agreements in contracts involving commerce valid, irrevocable and enforceable, save on grounds that exist at law or in equity for revoking any contract. It is the starting point for any accurate discussion of private religious arbitration in the United States.
Document details
- Issued or held by
- U.S. Code, via the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- Document type
- Federal statute
- Document date
- The Federal Arbitration Act was enacted in 1925. The linked page carries the current codified text.
- Checked by Texas Muslim
- Original
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/2
Texas Muslim does not hold this document and does not reproduce its text. This page is a catalogue entry with an editorial annotation; read the original at the link above.
What this document establishes
- That arbitration agreements are generally enforceable under federal law on the same footing as other contracts.
- That ordinary contract defences remain available against them.
What it does not establish
- It does not give any arbitrator, religious or otherwise, the powers of a court.
- It does not establish that a religious tribunal's decision is enforceable in a given case.
- It says nothing specific about Islamic law.
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