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OverviewThis new collection examines not only how athletes looked to the nation’s judicial system to solve conflicts but also how their cases trans¬formed the interpretation of laws. These essays examine a vast array of social and legal controversies including Heywood v. NBA (1971), which allowed any player to enter the draft; Flood v. Kuhn (1972), which considered baseball’s antitrust status; the Danny Gardella lower level 1948 case regarding free agency and baseball; Muhammad Ali’s celebrated stance against the U.S. draft; Renée Richards’s 1976 lawsuit against the U.S. Tennis Association and its due process ramifications; and human rights violations in international law with respect to the increased recruitment of underage Latin baseball players in the Caribbean region are a few examples of the vast array of stories included. Sport and the Law links these cases to other cases and topics, giving the reader the opportunity to see the threads weaving law and sport together in American society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel O. Regalado , Sarah K. FieldsPublisher: University of Arkansas Press Imprint: University of Arkansas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.350kg ISBN: 9781557286666ISBN 10: 1557286663 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 30 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis engaging set of essays demonstrates how individual sports were changed forever when the law was brought to bear on practices that were thought to be so important that they needed no defense. One of the strengths of the essays is that they focus directly on how the law affected the lives of individuals and in so doing set the stage for new con-ditions that would affect players, officials, teams, leagues, fans, and even governmental jurisdictions for decades to come. --CHARLES KORR, author of The End of Baseball As We Knew It: The Players' Union, 1960-1981 Author InformationSamuel O. Regalado is professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, USA and the author or editor of four books, including Baseball in Nikkei America: From the Meiji to the Majors. Sarah K. Fields is associate professor of communication at University of Colorado Denver, USA and the author of Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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