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Sport and the law / Deborah Healey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney : UNSW Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Third editionDescription: x, 202 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0868406430
  • 9780868406435
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.94099 22
LOC classification:
  • KU1585 .H43 2005
Contents:
1. How the law comes into sport -- 2. Commercialisation and politics in sport -- 3. The legal nature of sporting organisations -- 4. Contracts -- 5. Sports sponsorship and sporting reputation -- 6. The conduct of sporting tribunals -- 7. Sports injuries and compensation -- 8. Insurance and risk management -- 9. Criminal liability -- 10. Discrimination and other issues -- 11. Sport and taxation -- 12. Anti-doping.
Review: "Sport and the Law explains the law as it applies to sporting organisations and sportspeople, describing key legal concepts in simple terms and covering such issues as negligence, defamation, doping, the responsibilities of club administrators and much more. Examples of sporting situations involving the law help explain legal outcomes, while discussion of the political and commercial framework of modern sport puts the sporting economy in context."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 344.94099 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A217624B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 344.94099 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A405619B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 344.94099 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A405624B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 344.94099 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A405620B

Previous ed.: Sydney : New South Wales University Press,1996.

Previous ed.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-188) and index.

1. How the law comes into sport -- 2. Commercialisation and politics in sport -- 3. The legal nature of sporting organisations -- 4. Contracts -- 5. Sports sponsorship and sporting reputation -- 6. The conduct of sporting tribunals -- 7. Sports injuries and compensation -- 8. Insurance and risk management -- 9. Criminal liability -- 10. Discrimination and other issues -- 11. Sport and taxation -- 12. Anti-doping.

"Sport and the Law explains the law as it applies to sporting organisations and sportspeople, describing key legal concepts in simple terms and covering such issues as negligence, defamation, doping, the responsibilities of club administrators and much more. Examples of sporting situations involving the law help explain legal outcomes, while discussion of the political and commercial framework of modern sport puts the sporting economy in context."--BOOK JACKET.

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