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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