'Courts' are arbitration; Letters.YOUR report on the emergence of sharia law in the Midlands (July 6), neglects to mention that the research in question was conducted by Civitas. Civitas's conclusions usually owe more to blind prejudice than to the facts at hand. The "sharia courts" described in your report sound suspiciously like a form of binding arbitration. This is nothing new, and is already offered by community mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, organisations in much of England. All that happens is that both parties agree to be bound by the conclusion of the arbitrator arbitrator n. one who conducts an arbitration, and serves as a judge who conducts a "mini-trial," somewhat less formally than a court trial. In most cases the arbitraror is an attorney, either alone or as part of a panel. which then becomes enforceable in law. Steven Thomas, Southbank Road, Coundon, Coventry. |
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