Glenn M. Wong

Essentials of Sports Law (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this thoroughly revised Fourth Edition, Glenn Wong provides a comprehensive review of the various sports law issues facing professional, intercollegiate, Olympic, high school, youth, and adult recreational sports. Major topics include tort liability, contracts/waivers, antitrust law, labor law, constitutional law, gender discrimination, drug testing, intellectual property law, broadcasting laws pertaining to sports agents, business and employment law, Internet gambling, and athletes with disabilities. Significant additions here include new court decisions, agreements (contracts and collective bargaining agreements), and legislation (federal, state, association, and institutional rules and regulations). Discussions of legal concepts are supplemented with summaries and excerpts from hundreds of actual sports cases. Wong cites a variety of books, law review articles, newspaper articles, and Web links for those requiring further information on particular topics. This text-professional guide serves as an invaluable resource to those involved, or studying to become involved, in the vast industry of sports.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 932
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216080992
• Artikelnr.: 68165094

Autorenporträt

GLENN M. WONG is Professor of Sports Law, Sports Management Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Wong has authored or co-authored four books on sports and the law, including The Essentials of Amateur Sports Law and Law and Business of the Sports Industries.