Mark James

Sports Law (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which the law has impacted on how sport is played, administered and consumed. The author writes in a clear and engaging manner, tracing the origins and sources of this rapidly evolving subject and drawing examples from a wide range of professional and amateur sports to illustrate the important current debates and topics of interest.

The book covers a wide-range of topics from participant and non-participant liability, fighting sports and their legality, and liability for stadium safety and disasters. The final section of the book takes in the very latest developments in mass-event sport and the growing but fundamental area of sports commercialisation.

New to this Edition:
- Fully updated and includes analyses of the Pechstein and Sharapova decisions - Includes details on the state aid rulings on financial support for Spanish and Dutch football clubs - The author includes a review of the Rio 2016 Olympics

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509958757
• Artikelnr.: 62718215

Autorenporträt

Mark James is Professor of Sports Law and Director of Research at Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: ORIGINS AND SOURCES OF SPORTS LAW  1. What is Sports Law?  2.
Challenging governing bodies in English Law  3. Challenging governing
bodies before the Court of Arbitration for Sport  PART II: SPORTS
PARTICIPATION AND THE LAW  4. Liability for Injuries Caused by Other
Participants  5. Liability for Injuries Caused by Non-participants  6.
Sports participation and the Criminal Law  7. The Legality of Fighting
Sports  PART III: STADIUMS, SPECTATORS AND THE LAW 8. Liability for
Dangerous Premises and Dangerous Events  9. Stadium Disasters and Spectator
Safety  10. Crowd Disorder and Football Hooliganism  PART IV: THE
COMMERCIALISATION OF SPORT  11. Regulating Sporting Relationships in
English Law 12. Regulating Sporting Relationships in EU Law  13. The Fan as
Consumer and the Commercial Exploitation of Sport  14. Olympic Law and
Sporting Mega-events.