Sport Law

Name: Sport Law
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780367338480
Price: 388.0 NZD
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A Managerial Approach

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Sport Law is a comprehensive textbook that introduces sport law from a management perspective, focusing on integrating legal strategies to secure a competitive business advantage. Organised around core management functions, it explains key concepts clearly, enriched with current industry examples and legal cases. This fourth edition features expanded coverage of issues such as sports injury litigation, Covid-19 impacts, discrimination, intellectual property, sport gambling, athlete activism, and Olympic restructuring. It also offers valuable teaching aids including case opinions, managerial context tables, discussion questions, and online exam resources.
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This book is essential for students and professionals involved in sport management, recreation law, sport education, or sport business, providing the legal knowledge needed to navigate the complexities of the modern sports industry.

This new edition introduces sport legal studies from a management perspective and integrates 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 organised around the core management functions.

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Now in its fourth edition, Sport Law remains the only sport law textbook that introduces sport legal studies from a management perspective, integrating legal strategies to gain a competitive advantage in business. The textbook acknowledges that students better grasp legal concepts when they relate to real sport management practices. As such, it is organised around the core management functions.

The book provides concise explanations of key concepts, along with current industry examples and legal cases, equipping students with the necessary legal knowledge to become confident and effective professionals in sport management, recreation, or sport education. This new edition includes additional contributions from leading sport law educators and practitioners and has expanded coverage of important contemporary issues, including:

Sports injury and concussion litigation
Impact of Covid-19 on events and leagues
Gender discrimination, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, #metoo, and USWNT pay equity
Intellectual property, licensing agreements, publicity rights, social media influencers, and digital privacy
Student-athletes and marketing rights
Sport gambling and state regulation
Athlete activism, employee free speech, and collective bargaining
Olympic and Paralympic restructuring
NCAA Division 1 Coaches Contracts

The book contains useful features and ancillaries to aid teaching and learning, including managerial context tables, case opinions, focus cases, strategies for competitive advantage, discussion questions, and learning activities. It is an essential text for any course on sport law or recreation law, an invaluable supplement to any course on sport business and management, and a significant reference for all sport management practitioners.

Online resources include a variety of exam questions for each chapter, including multiple choice, true or false, short answer exam questions, and short essay questions, alongside a sample syllabus.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780367338480

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 December 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 4th edition

Illustration: 127 Tables, black and white; 9 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Anita M. Moorman

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 3230g

Pages: 722

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Sports

About the Author

EditorAnita M. Moorman is Professor of Sport Administration at the University of Louisville, USA. She teaches sport law and legal aspects of sport. Professor Moorman is licensed to practice law in the State of Oklahoma and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court when she served as co-counsel for nine disability sport organizations on an amicus curiae brief in the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act case involving the professional golfer, Casey Martin (Martin v. PGA Tour, 2001). She served as an expert consultant for the SB206 California Community College Name, Image, and Likeness Working Group studying the impact of NIL policies and legislation on community college athletes. Her research interests include examining contractual and commercial relationships in sport and the unique impact that numerous Supreme Court decisions have had in the sport industry with a focus on participant rights in sport.

Non-Contributing EditorsLinda Sharp retired as Professor Emerita from the Sport Management program at the University of Northern Colorado, USA, where she taught courses in sport law, sport ethics, and issues in college sport. Her research focused on torts, contracts, and employment law in the context of a variety of sport organizations.

Cathryn Claussen retired as Professor Emerita from the Sport Management Program at Washington State University, USA, where she taught courses in sport law, sport ethics, and sport sociology. Her research focused on civil rights and civil liberties in the context of managing sport enterprises.