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Power Played

A Critical Criminology of Sport

Edited by Derek Silva, Liam Kennedy ...

Series series Law and Society
This innovative collection convincingly argues that modern sport can be characterized by unequal and problematic power relations that are inextricably linked to issues of violence, harm, deviance, and punishment.On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual ... Read more

$27.39 USD

This innovative collection convincingly argues that modern sport can be characterized by unequal and problematic power relations that are inextricably linked to issues of violence, harm, deviance, and punishment.On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual
... Read more
The Truth about the O.J. Simpson Trial

By the Architect of the Defense

by F. Lee Bailey ...

The Definitive Account of the O.J. Simpson Trial, by Legendary Defense Attorney F. Lee BaileyIt was called “The Trial of the Century.” Beloved football sensation, O.J. Simpson was famous for his prowess on the field, his good looks, and his charm. But all that changed the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally slaughtered in her front yard late at night on ... Read more

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The Definitive Account of the O.J. Simpson Trial, by Legendary Defense Attorney F. Lee BaileyIt was called “The Trial of the Century.” Beloved football sensation, O.J. Simpson was famous for his prowess on the field, his good looks, and his charm. But all that changed the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally slaughtered in her front yard late at night on
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Case Studies in Sport Law

by Andrew T. Pittman, John O. Spengler, Sarah J. Young ...

Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon. The text is an ideal companion for non-law students who are seeking clarity and context for legal issues commonly encountered in sport management and sport law settings. The 87 cases provide real ... Read more

$24.49 USD

Case Studies in Sport Law, Second Edition, provides students with specific examples and perspectives of some of the most significant cases in sport law in an accessible tone that is free of legal jargon. The text is an ideal companion for non-law students who are seeking clarity and context for legal issues commonly encountered in sport management and sport law settings. The 87 cases provide real
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Out of Bounds

Inside the NBA's Culture of Rape, Violence, and Crime

by Jeff Benedict ...

The top national expert on athletes and crime and the author of Pros and Cons brings us a controversial in-depth look at criminals in the NBAThe Kobe Bryant rape case and the arrest of Baylor basketball player Carlton Dotson for allegedly murdering teammate Patrick Dennehy, has galvanized the attention of the public and the press on athletes and crime. Jeff Benedict, with his background in ... Read more

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The top national expert on athletes and crime and the author of Pros and Cons brings us a controversial in-depth look at criminals in the NBAThe Kobe Bryant rape case and the arrest of Baylor basketball player Carlton Dotson for allegedly murdering teammate Patrick Dennehy, has galvanized the attention of the public and the press on athletes and crime. Jeff Benedict, with his background in
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Routledge Handbook of Sports Sponsorship

Successful Strategies

by Alain Ferrand, Luiggino Torrigiani, Andreu Camps i Povill ...

Translated by Pierre-François Lalonde, Elizabeth Christopherson ...

The Routledge Handbook of Sports Sponsorship provides a comprehensive guide to the successful management of sport sponsorship. From the development of an appropriate strategy to the implementation of the sponsorship operation through to post-event analysis, this book offers an authoritative reference for large and small events.The text also provides an accessible review of the legal issues ... Read more

$120.99 USD

The Routledge Handbook of Sports Sponsorship provides a comprehensive guide to the successful management of sport sponsorship. From the development of an appropriate strategy to the implementation of the sponsorship operation through to post-event analysis, this book offers an authoritative reference for large and small events.The text also provides an accessible review of the legal issues
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Direito & Justiça Desportiva

by Paulo Schmitt ...

Series series Volume 1
Direito & Justiça Desportiva [Volume 1 de 3] é uma obra que enfrenta a temática do Direito Desportivo como ciência autônoma a partir de um regime jurídico próprio, o Regime Jurídico Desportivo. Aprofunda o estudo principiológico e conceitual de alguns postulados do Direito Desportivo, elegendo a Justiça Desportiva como área essencial ao seu reconhecimento, analisando aspectos como autonomia, ... Read more

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Direito & Justiça Desportiva [Volume 1 de 3] é uma obra que enfrenta a temática do Direito Desportivo como ciência autônoma a partir de um regime jurídico próprio, o Regime Jurídico Desportivo. Aprofunda o estudo principiológico e conceitual de alguns postulados do Direito Desportivo, elegendo a Justiça Desportiva como área essencial ao seu reconhecimento, analisando aspectos como autonomia,
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Sport Law

A Managerial Approach

Edited by Anita M. Moorman ...

Now in its fourth edition, this text is still the only sport law textbook to introduce sport legal studies from a management perspective and integrate legal strategies to gain a competitive advantage in business. Acknowledging that students understand legal concepts better when they are tied to real sport management practice, the book is organized around the core management functions.It provides ... Read more

$132.99 USD

Now in its fourth edition, this text is still the only sport law textbook to introduce sport legal studies from a management perspective and integrate legal strategies to gain a competitive advantage in business. Acknowledging that students understand legal concepts better when they are tied to real sport management practice, the book is organized around the core management functions.It provides
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Done Deal

An Insider's Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business

by Daniel Geey ...

**'If you want to know and understand how football really works, this is the book for you.' - Guillem Balagué'A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.' - Raphael Honigstein'A must-read for football fans.' - Freddie Ljungberg**Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the ... Read more

$12.29 USD

**'If you want to know and understand how football really works, this is the book for you.' - Guillem Balagué'A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.' - Raphael Honigstein'A must-read for football fans.' - Freddie Ljungberg**Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the
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A Place on the Team

The Triumph and Tragedy of Title IX

by Welch Suggs ...

A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's successes and failures-the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting ... Read more

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A Place on the Team is the inside story of how Title IX revolutionized American sports. The federal law guaranteeing women's rights in education, Title IX opened gymnasiums and playing fields to millions of young women previously locked out. Journalist Welch Suggs chronicles both the law's successes and failures-the exciting opportunities for women as well as the commercial and recruiting
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Introduction to Sport Law With Case Studies in Sport Law

by John O. Spengler, Paul M. Anderson, Daniel P. Connaughton, Thomas A. Baker III ...

With an accessible approach free of legal jargon, Introduction to Sport Law With Case Studies in Sport Law, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive examination of the fundamental legal issues commonly found in sport and sport management. Even students with little to no legal background will understand law topics relevant to the sport industry through the text’s straightforward examples and case ... Read more

$91.79 USD

With an accessible approach free of legal jargon, Introduction to Sport Law With Case Studies in Sport Law, Third Edition, provides a comprehensive examination of the fundamental legal issues commonly found in sport and sport management. Even students with little to no legal background will understand law topics relevant to the sport industry through the text’s straightforward examples and case
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Advancing the Ball

Race, Reformation, and the Quest for Equal Coaching Opportunity in the NFL

by N. Jeremi Duru ...

Series series Law and Current Events Masters
Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive ... Read more

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Following the NFL's desegregation in 1946, opportunities became increasingly plentiful for African American players--but not African American coaches. Although Major League Baseball and the NBA made progress in this regard over the years, the NFL's head coaches were almost exclusively white up until the mid-1990s. Advancing the Ball chronicles the campaign of former Cleveland Browns offensive
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Behind in the Count: My Journey from Juvenile Delinquent to Baseball Agent

by Kurt Varricchio ...

Kurt Varricchio redefines the meaning of a difficult childhood in his intimate memoir, Behind in the Count: My Journey from Juvenile Delinquent to Baseball Agent. Whether it was trying to fill his empty stomach with one last scoop of Ovaltine, getting tied to a tree, being punished with a wrench, or sleeping on the rooftops of local strip malls, Kurt's survival is nothing short of miraculous. ... Read more

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Kurt Varricchio redefines the meaning of a difficult childhood in his intimate memoir, Behind in the Count: My Journey from Juvenile Delinquent to Baseball Agent. Whether it was trying to fill his empty stomach with one last scoop of Ovaltine, getting tied to a tree, being punished with a wrench, or sleeping on the rooftops of local strip malls, Kurt's survival is nothing short of miraculous.
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Los e-Sports como ¿deporte?

Análisis jurídico y técnico-deportivo de su naturaleza y los requisitos legales exigidos

by Javier Rodríguez Ten ...

Series series Derecho deportivo
¿Puede un videojuego ser considerado un deporte? En algunos casos se habla de deportes electrónicos o e-Sports. Este reconocimeinto como modalidad deportiva, propuesto en diversas ocasiones, comporta beneficios publicitarios inigualables, lo que ha generado un debate técnico-deportivo (desde las Ciencias del deporte) y jurídico que discurre en paralelo y aporta respuestas diferentes. Esta ... Read more

$19.62 USD

¿Puede un videojuego ser considerado un deporte? En algunos casos se habla de deportes electrónicos o e-Sports. Este reconocimeinto como modalidad deportiva, propuesto en diversas ocasiones, comporta beneficios publicitarios inigualables, lo que ha generado un debate técnico-deportivo (desde las Ciencias del deporte) y jurídico que discurre en paralelo y aporta respuestas diferentes. Esta
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport and Its Jurisprudence

An Empirical Inquiry into Lex Sportiva

by Johan Lindholm ...

Series series ASSER International Sports Law Series
This book takes a close look at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), challenging existing claims and answering previously unanswered questions, by considering all of its publicly available decisions, both in its entirety as a body of jurisprudence and on a case-by-case level.It also investigates the actors involved in adjudication before the CAS, both the parties that bring disputes before ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book takes a close look at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), challenging existing claims and answering previously unanswered questions, by considering all of its publicly available decisions, both in its entirety as a body of jurisprudence and on a case-by-case level.It also investigates the actors involved in adjudication before the CAS, both the parties that bring disputes before
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The Ethics of Coaching Sports

Moral, Social and Legal Issues

by Robert L. Simon ...

The Ethics of Coaching Sports features invited contributions written by prominent scholars examining a broad range of normative or evaluative issues that arise from the role of the coach in competitive sports. The collection is accessible and comprehensive, including discussion of concrete issues in coaching, such as the distribution of playing time, bullying, the implications of recent events ... Read more

$60.99 USD

The Ethics of Coaching Sports features invited contributions written by prominent scholars examining a broad range of normative or evaluative issues that arise from the role of the coach in competitive sports. The collection is accessible and comprehensive, including discussion of concrete issues in coaching, such as the distribution of playing time, bullying, the implications of recent events
... Read more
Citadels of Pride

Sexual Abuse, Accountability, and Reconciliation

by Martha C. Nussbaum ...

A groundbreaking exploration of sexual violence by one of our most celebrated experts in law and philosophy.In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one’s own benefit—like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A groundbreaking exploration of sexual violence by one of our most celebrated experts in law and philosophy.In this essential philosophical and practical reckoning, Martha C. Nussbaum, renowned for her eloquence and clarity of moral vision, shows how sexual abuse and harassment derive from using people as things to one’s own benefit—like other forms of exploitation, they are rooted in the ugly
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Rules of the Game

Sports Law

by Michael E. Jones ...

Sports law is an ever-growing field that requires constant updates, analyses, and research. Rules of the Game: Sports Law provides the most up-to-date information on hot-button issues such as crime in sports—including sexual harassment and assault both on college campuses and in private homes—sports litigation—especially pertaining to concussions—and publicity, privacy, and defamation rights of ... Read more

$76.99 USD

Sports law is an ever-growing field that requires constant updates, analyses, and research. Rules of the Game: Sports Law provides the most up-to-date information on hot-button issues such as crime in sports—including sexual harassment and assault both on college campuses and in private homes—sports litigation—especially pertaining to concussions—and publicity, privacy, and defamation rights of
... Read more
The Business of Sports Agents

by Kenneth L. Shropshire, Timothy Davis, N. Jeremi Duru ...

Successful sports agents are comfortable with high finance and intense competition for the right to represent talented players, and the most respected agents are those who can deal with the pressures of high-stakes negotiations in an honest fashion. But whereas rules and penalties govern the playing field, there are far fewer restrictions on agents. In The Business of Sports Agents, Kenneth L. ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Successful sports agents are comfortable with high finance and intense competition for the right to represent talented players, and the most respected agents are those who can deal with the pressures of high-stakes negotiations in an honest fashion. But whereas rules and penalties govern the playing field, there are far fewer restrictions on agents. In The Business of Sports Agents, Kenneth L.
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Sports Law

by Simon Gardiner, Roger Welch, Simon Boyes, Urvasi Naidoo ...

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; ... Read more

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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;
... Read more
Sports and Safety Management

by Steve Frosdick, Lynne Walley ...

Sport and Safety Management is a comprehensive and practical handbook for all involved with the safe management of sporting events. Disasters such as Hillsborough have concentrated managers' minds on public safety and crowd control at all major events. Sport and Safety Management provides necessary advice and guidance for all such managers. Contributions from leading academics and practitioners in ... Read more

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Sport and Safety Management is a comprehensive and practical handbook for all involved with the safe management of sporting events. Disasters such as Hillsborough have concentrated managers' minds on public safety and crowd control at all major events. Sport and Safety Management provides necessary advice and guidance for all such managers. Contributions from leading academics and practitioners in
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Legislação Desportiva Essencial

Direito Desportivo. Justiça Desportiva.

by Paulo Schmitt ...

Legislação Desportiva Brasileira Atualizada. Livro digital de referência. Leis Ordinárias e Regulamentação (Decretos): Lei Pelé; Profissão de Educação Física; Estatuto do Torcedor; Bolsa-Atleta; Timemania; Incentivo Fiscal da União; Lei Geral da Copa. Código Brasileiro de Justiça Desportiva - CBJD. Regulamento Antidoping da FIFA. Regulamento Geral de Competições da CBF. Regras de Futebol. ... Read more

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Legislação Desportiva Brasileira Atualizada. Livro digital de referência. Leis Ordinárias e Regulamentação (Decretos): Lei Pelé; Profissão de Educação Física; Estatuto do Torcedor; Bolsa-Atleta; Timemania; Incentivo Fiscal da União; Lei Geral da Copa. Código Brasileiro de Justiça Desportiva - CBJD. Regulamento Antidoping da FIFA. Regulamento Geral de Competições da CBF. Regras de Futebol.
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Sports Law in the Czech Republic

by Martin Prochazka ...

Series series Principles of European Tort Law Set
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in the Czech Republic deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports ... Read more

$59.19 USD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of sports law in the Czech Republic deals with the regulation of sports activity by both public authorities and private sports organizations. The growing internationalization of sports inevitably increases the weight of global regulation, yet each country maintains its own distinct regime of sports
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Commonwealth Caribbean Sports Law

by Jason Haynes, J. Tyrone Marcus ...

Series series Commonwealth Caribbean Law
Sports Law has quickly developed into an accepted area of academic study and practice in the legal profession globally. In Europe and North America, Sports Law has been very much a part of the legal landscape for about four decades, while in more recent times, it has blossomed in other geographic regions, including the Commonwealth Caribbean. This book recognizes the rapid evolution of Sports Law ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Sports Law has quickly developed into an accepted area of academic study and practice in the legal profession globally. In Europe and North America, Sports Law has been very much a part of the legal landscape for about four decades, while in more recent times, it has blossomed in other geographic regions, including the Commonwealth Caribbean. This book recognizes the rapid evolution of Sports Law
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Testing for Athlete Citizenship

Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport

by Kathryn E. Henne ...

Series series Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive athlete and an expert in the law and science of anti-doping regulations, examines the development of ... Read more

$25.19 USD

Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive athlete and an expert in the law and science of anti-doping regulations, examines the development of
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