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The US has a common law system, like the UK. However, arbitration panels cannot set precedent and do not issue opinions. That means the law is perpetually fro
by rmrfstar 6y ago
The US has a common law system, like the UK. However, arbitration panels cannot set precedent and do not issue opinions. That means the law is perpetually frozen in place. So, we really have a civil law system with none of the mechanisms that make those systems function properly.
There are obviously bigger problems with arbitration, but this one is often overlooked.
- xphilter 6y agoAwesome point. I keep thinking about this and want to yell at all law professors in the country (who I think have more influence than they recognize): what the hell are you going to be teaching in 20 years? Only cases before AT&T v. Concepcion?