[bill1952]

No, you cannot.

When parties to the agreement are not equal under the law, then there is no arbitration at all.

By the way, a few years ago the Germans arbitrated such things as the resettlement of the Jews in exactly that way.

>Arbitrations under Sharia law have been legal in the US for several decades

Again, no they are not.

Those are properly named "Mediations" and are nothing at all like arbitrations.

I've sat in many such proceedings.

[Modernman]

When parties to the agreement are not equal under the law, then there is no arbitration at all.

A foreign law that treated women as second class citizens would not be enforceable since it violates public policy.

Again, no they are not.

Those are properly named "Mediations" and are nothing at all like arbitrations.

Mediations are different, agreed. However, arbitrations conducted under non-American law are quite enforceable. For example, there are rabbinical courts in NYC that resolve disputes between members of the Orthodox community in accordance with Talmudic law and NY courts will enforce such decisions.