Introduction

Arbitration including its process and applicable laws is ignored in the feminist discourse. Usually, this is because there is no explicit reference to gender issues or a 'visible' impact on the marginalised sections of the society. However, in this essay I hypothesize that such systemic domination of the 'male', as is prevalent in law, is furthered albeit on subliminal levels by arbitral law and processes. Arbitration is a mode of dispute settlement which is designed to exclude the jurisdiction of the Courts and therefore the court systems in a bid to get rid of the shackles formal legal ...