As the commercialization of sport grows, the need for regulation increases. This work looks at how the law is used in sports, in such areas as money, drugs, and the control of hooliganism.

Part 1 Perspectives; Chapter 1 The Historical Development of Sport and Law, Edward Grayson; Chapter 2 Taking Law and Popular Culture Seriously: Theorizing Sport and Law, Steve Redhead; Chapter 3 Despite the Law: Prize-fighting and Professional Boxing, MichaelGunn, DavidOrmerod; Chapter 4 Football's Legal Legacy: Recreation, Protest and Disorder, GuyOsborn; Part 2 Judicial Intervention; Chapter 5 Guarding the Game: Governing Bodies and Legal Intervention, NeilParpworth; Chapter 6 Tackling from Behind: Interventions on the Playing Field, SimonGardiner; Chapter 7 Sports Discipline and the Rule of Law, J. PaulMcCutcheon; Chapter 8 The Ties that Bind: Charting Contemporary Sporting Contractual Relations, SteveGreenfield; Part 3 Statutory Intervention; Chapter 9 Resisting the Pressures of ?EUR?Americanization?EUR?:The Influence of European Community Law on the ?EUR?European Sport Model?EUR?, StephenWeatherill; Chapter 10 Legislating for the Football Hooligan: A Case for Reform, GeoffPearson; Chapter 11 Rethinking Sports Organizations' Responses to Workplace Concerns, DavidMcArdle; Part 4 Future Areas of Dispute; Chapter 12 Ownership and Control of Sports Clubs: The Manchester United Football Club ?EUR?Buyout?EUR?, NickToms; Chapter 13 Taken to Task: The Football Task Force,Government and the Regulation of the People's Game, AdamBrown; Chapter 14 How Can Sport be Regulated?, KenFoster; Select Bibliography; countri; Notes on Contributors; Index;