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Railroading Essential Rights: The Status Of Judicial Review Of Alleged Due Process Violations In Arbitration Hearings Under The Railway Labor Act - Shafii V. P.L.C. British Airways, Penelope Hopper

Journal of Dispute Resolution

In the American judicial system, no litigant may be denied life, liberty or property without due process of the law. The rights to representation, to have a fair hearing, and to have the opportunity to present evidence on one's own behalf are ingrained in our concept of "justice." When one agrees to submit a conflict to an alternative forum of dispute resolution, are those essential rights lost? This Note examines those questions in the context of a congressional act mandating arbitration as the mode of conflict resolution in the transportation industry