Law and Sport in Contemporary Society / Edition 1

by Steven Greenfield, Guy Osborn

Overview

As the commercialization of sport grows, the need for proper regulation increases. In legal terms, sport is part of the entertainment and media industries which are subject to rapid change. This work brings together experts in many fields to analyze these changes and to discuss the implications of issues such as the BSkyB-Manchester United case, civil and criminal actions on the playing field, the "Bosman" ruling, drugs in sport, the legality of boxing and the validity of decisions made by governing bodies. This collection should appeal to students of both sports history and sports sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714681245
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/29/2000
Series:	Sport in the Global Society
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

STEVE GREENFIELD, Guy Osborn

Table of Contents

	Series Editor's Foreword	ix
	Introduction: Locating Law and Sport	xi
Part 1	Perspectives
1.	The Historical Development of Sport and Law	1
2.	Taking Law and Popular Culture Seriously: Theorizing Sport and Law	14
3.	Despite the Law: Prize-fighting and Professional Boxing	21
4.	Football's Legal Legacy: Recreation, Protest and Disorder	51
Part 2	Judicial Intervention
5.	Guarding the Game: Governing Bodies and Legal Intervention	69
6.	Tackling from Behind: Interventions on the Playing Field	91
7.	Sports Discipline and the Rule of Law	115
8.	The Ties that Bind: Charting Contemporary Sporting Contractual Relations	129
Part 3	Statutory Intervention
9.	Resisting the Pressures of 'Americanization': The Influence of European Community Law on the 'European Sport Model'	155
10.	Legislating for the Football Hooligan: A Case for Reform	182
11.	Rethinking Sports Organizations' Responses to Workplace Concerns	201
Part 4	Future Areas of Dispute
12.	Ownership and Control of Sports Clubs: The Manchester United Football Club 'Buyout'	229
13.	Taken to Task: The Football Task Force, Government and the Regulation of the People's Game	246
14.	How Can Sport Be Regulated?	267
	Select Bibliography	283
	Notes on Contributors	288
	Index	291

Editorial Reviews

In legal terms, sport is part of the entertainment and media industries, and there's not yet universal agreement about whether "sports law" occupies its own area of practice and academic study. This work discusses the relationship of sports and the law, considering issues such as corporate mergers, civil and criminal actions on the playing field, drug use in athletics, and the legality of decisions made by governing bodies. A text for law courses as well as sports history and sports sociology, the volume is focused primarily on European cases. Its contributors are experts in law and popular culture and are based in the UK. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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