| Description |
xxix, 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Law, leisure and the Development of modern football; One Hundred years of servitude: Contractual conflict in English professional football before Bosman; They're playing R song: Bosman and beyond; Missing the target: Legal responses to football hooliganism; Crowd control or customer care?; Fighting talk: Challenging Racism in Football; sex discrimination, employment law and the professional game; Player violence and injuries; Judicial review, public authorities and the disciplinart powers of governing bodies; Participation and the law of equal opportunities; Blowing the whistle: taking the lead in participant protection; Appendices |
| Summary |
"From Boot Money to Bosman provides insights into how the law on violence and consent impacts upon acts of on-field violence, the courts' role in securing players a greater degree of contractual freedom and the football governing bodies' responses to 'player power'. It also looks at the game's, and the legislature's, attempts to prevent 'hooliganism' and racism and considers the impact of the move towards all-seater stadia in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster. The book analyses how race and sex discrimination laws impact upon football's employment practices, explains why the sport's governing bodies are immune to public law remedies, such as judicial review (but are possibly not immune to the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998), and exhorts football's governing bodies to take the lead in participant and protection initiatives." |
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"This book will be required reading for sports studies students and particularly those who are concerned with 'football and the law'. It will also appeal to people working within the football industry and others who wish to understand how the law has influenced, and will continue to influence, the development of football."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes bibliography and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index |
| Subject |
Soccer -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Soccer players -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England.
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Soccer players -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Europe.
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Soccer -- Law and legislation -- England.
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Professional sports contracts -- England.
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- England.
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Professional sports contracts -- Europe.
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Soccer -- Law and legislation -- Europe.
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Soccer -- Social aspects -- Europe.
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| LC no. |
00455180 |
| ISBN |
1859414370 |
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