Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

STEVE GREENFIELD, Guy Osborn

Introduction: locating law and sport, Steve Greenfield, Guy Osborn. The historical development of sport and law, Edward Grayson; taking law and popular culture seriously - theorising sport and law, Steve Redhead; despite the law - prize-fighting and professional boxing, Michael Gunn, David Ormerod; football's legal legacy - recreation, protest and disorder, Guy Osborn; guarding the game - governing bodies and legal intervention, Neil Parpworth; tackling from behind -interventions on the playing field, Simon Gardiner; sports discipline and the rule of law, J. Paul McCutcheon; the ties that bind - charting contemporary sporting contractual relations, Steve Greenfield; resisting the pressures of Americanisation - the influence of European Community law on the European sport model, Stephen Weatherill; legislating for the football hooligan - a case for reform, Geoff Pearson; rethinking sports organisations' responses to workplace concerns, David McArdle; ownership and control of sports clubs - the Manchester United Football Club buyout, Nick Toms; taken to task - the football task force, government and the regulation of the people's game - the football task force, government and the regulation of the people's game, Adam Brown; how can sport be regulated? Ken Foster.