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Record Nr.

UNISA996209558003316

Autore

Parrish Richard

Titolo

Sports law and policy in the European Union [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Parrish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003

ISBN

1-84779-583-8

1-78170-050-8

1-84779-087-9

1-4237-0659-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

European Policy Research Unit series

Disciplina

344.4099

Soggetti

Sports - Law and legislation - European Union countries

Sports and state - European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

First published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. The birth of EU sports law and policy -- 2. Towards a theory of EU sports law and policy -- 3. The sports policy subsystem -- 4. Sport and the European Court of Justice -- 5. Sport and EU competition law -- 6. Reconciling sport and law -- 7. The future of EU sports law and policy -- Appendix 1: The Bosman ruling -- Appendix 2: The Helsinki report on sport -- References --Tables of statutes, cases, decisions and reports -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The commercialization of sport in Europe raises important questions concerning the most appropriate method of regulating sporting activity. The development of the European Union and the internationalization of sporting competition has added an international dimension to this debate. Yet sport is not only a business, it is a social and cultural activity. Can regulation at the EU level reconcile this tension?