Arbitration Dispute Objections (A Comparative Study Between Egyptian and Emirati Legislation).

Arbitration was well known to ancient societies, and it was both a customary practice and a legal principle among the Arabs before Islam. Resorting to it was voluntary, and the arbitrator's ruling was implemented willingly and by choice; this often led to conflicts and fighting between tribes. Arbitration in ancient laws was recognized and practiced among individuals and groups. Resorting to it was optional, and the enforcement of its rulings was left to the disputing parties because power was the decisive factor in resolving conflicts between individuals and groups. The forms of arbitration in ancient laws were varied. For instance, some tribes resorted to pure chance by having each disputant present a certain type of food in a specific place frequented by crows; the one whose food was eaten by the crows was considered to have lost the right he claimed. Some forms of arbitration relied on strength, refined into the form of a duel, while others were based on the ordeal, where some tribes required the plaintiff and defendant to choose from two tablets, one marked. Whoever chose the marked one would lose their claim and be considered guilty.