Law and Sport in Contemporary Society

STEVE GREENFIELD, Guy Osborn

Part 1 Perspectives; Chapter 1 The Historical Development of Sport and Law, Edward Grayson; Chapter 2 Taking Law and Popular Culture Seriously: Theorizing Sport and Law, Steve Redhead; Chapter 3 Despite the Law: Prize-fighting and Professional Boxing, MichaelGunn, DavidOrmerod; Chapter 4 Football's Legal Legacy: Recreation, Protest and Disorder, GuyOsborn; Part 2 Judicial Intervention; Chapter 5 Guarding the Game: Governing Bodies and Legal Intervention, NeilParpworth; Chapter 6 Tackling from Behind: Interventions on the Playing Field, SimonGardiner; Chapter 7 Sports Discipline and the Rule of Law, J. PaulMcCutcheon; Chapter 8 The Ties that Bind: Charting Contemporary Sporting Contractual Relations, SteveGreenfield; Part 3 Statutory Intervention; Chapter 9 Resisting the Pressures of ?€?Americanization?€?:The Influence of European Community Law on the ?€?European Sport Model?€?, StephenWeatherill; Chapter 10 Legislating for the Football Hooligan: A Case for Reform, GeoffPearson; Chapter 11 Rethinking Sports Organizations' Responses to Workplace Concerns, DavidMcArdle; Part 4 Future Areas of Dispute; Chapter 12 Ownership and Control of Sports Clubs: The Manchester United Football Club ?€?Buyout?€?, NickToms; Chapter 13 Taken to Task: The Football Task Force,Government and the Regulation of the People's Game, AdamBrown; Chapter 14 How Can Sport be Regulated?, KenFoster; Select Bibliography; countri; Notes on Contributors; Index;