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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813201703321

Titolo

Sports law / / Simon Gardiner ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

1-136-58812-4

0-203-18088-7

1-136-58813-2

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xlii, 606 p

Altri autori (Persone)

GardinerSimon

Disciplina

344.41/099

Soggetti

Sports - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Sports - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Cultural, historical and organisational perspectives on UK regulation of sport -- 2. Theoretical understanding of the regulation of sport -- 3. The legal regulation of sports governing bodies -- 4. Sport and the law of the European Union -- 5. Sport and money : accountability and regulation -- 6. Sport, match fixing and corruption -- 7. The exploitation and protection of Olympic commercial rights -- 8. The regulation of doping in sport -- 9. Sport and contracts of employment -- 10. Sports participants and the law of discrimination -- 11. Safety and participants in sport -- 12. Sports venues and the law.

Sommario/riassunto

Long established as the market leading textbook on sports law, this much-anticipated new edition offers a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the legal issues surrounding and governing sport internationally. Locating the legal regulation of sport within an explicit socio-economic context, this refocused edition is divided into four core parts: Governance & Sport; Commercial Regulation; Sports Workplace; and Safety in Sport.