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23 Hamline L. Rev. 511 (1999-2000)
Has Arbitration Become a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: A Comment Exploring the Incompatibility between Pre-Dispute Mandatory Binding Arbitration Agreements in Employment Contracts and Statutorily Created Rights

handle is hein.journals/hamlrv23 and id is 551 raw text is: ARBITRATION BECOME A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING?: A
COMMENT EXPLORING THE INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN PRE-
DISPUTE MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND STATUTORILY CREATED RIGHTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.    INTRODUCTION                                                   512
II.   BACKGROUND                                                     514
A.    THE FEDERAL ARBITRA TION ACT (FAA)                       514
1.    Provisions of the FAA                               515
2.    Judicial Application of the FAA                     516
B.    THE CA SE LA w                                           516
1.    Wilko v. Swan                                       516
2.    Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Corp.                   517
3.    Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson lAmerican Express, Inc. 520
4.    Gilmer v. Interstate Johnson Lane Corp.             521
5.    Cole v. Burns International Security Services       523
6.    Great Western Mortgage Corp. v. Peacock             525
7.    Duffield v. Robertson Stephens & Company            527
III.  ANALYSIS                                                       530
A.    THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIA TED WITH ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO
COMPEL THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ARBITRATE THEIR STATUTORYRIGHTS 530
1.    The Repeat Player Problem                         530
2.    The Problem with Obtaining Judicial Review of
Arbitral Decisions                                  531
3.    The Problem Associated with the Private Resolution
of Public Rights                                    533
4.    The Problem with Arbitrators' Competence to Adjudicate
Statutory Rights                                    534
B.    ANARGUMENTIN FAVOR OF PRE-DISPUTE MANDATORY
BINDING ARBITRA TION AGREEMENTS                           535

IV. CONCLUSION

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