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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-10041559183X

ISBN-139780415591836

eBay Product ID (ePID)3038426056

Product Key Features

Number of Pages656 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSports Law

Publication Year2011

SubjectEntertainment, General, Sports

TypeTextbook

AuthorSimon Gardiner, Roger Welch, Simon Boyes, Urvasi Naidoo

Subject AreaLaw, Sports & Recreation

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight42.5 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number4

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2011-020137

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal344.41/099

Table Of ContentCULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON UK REGULATION OF SPORT; THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGULATION OF SPORT; THE LEGAL REGULATION OF SPORTS GOVERNING BODIES; SPORT AND THE LAW OF THE EUROPEAN UNION; SPORT AND MONEY: ACCOUNTABILITY AND REGULATION; SPORT, MATCH FIXING AND CORRUPTION; THE EXPLOITATION AND PROTECTION OF OLYMPIC COMMERCIAL RIGHTS; THE REGULATION OF DOPING IN SPORT; SPORT AND CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT; SPORTS PARTICIPANTS AND THE LAW OF DISCRIMINATION; SAFETY AND PARTICIPANTS IN SPORT; SPORTS VENUES AND THE LAW

Edition DescriptionRevised edition,New Edition

SynopsisLong established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context, this refocused edition is divided into four core parts: Governance & Sport; Commercial Regulation; Sports Workplace; and Safety in Sport., Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context, this refocused edition is divided into four core parts: Governance & Sport; Commercial Regulation; Sports Workplace; and Safety in Sport. Recent developments covered in this edition include: EU competition law interaction with sport under arts. 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; the current World Anti-Doping Agency code; analysis of the recent Court of Arbitration for Sport Jurisprudence; reforms of the transfer system in team sports; anti-discrimination provisions in sport; engagement with match fixing; a focus on the legal context of 2012 London Olympics. Essential reading for students studying sports law or sports-related courses, this textbook will also prove useful to sports law practitioners and sports administrators in need of a clear companion to the field.

LC Classification NumberKD3521