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Using case studies, Abrams (Law, Northeastern Univ.) examines legal issues affecting sports. Among the issues examined are judicial abstention in civil and criminal matters arising from on-field activities, the rights of disabled athletes, gender discrimination, efforts by sports organizations to insulate themselves from judicial intervention, sports arbitration, and antitrust. . . . Abrams has produced a book that will be of interest to legal scholars and sports fans. Recommended. -- Choice Prof. Abrams wrote the book for sports fans who also read something other than the sports section of their newspapers. The book covers matters involving amateur athletics and pro sports - - including several previous matters involving the NFL. -- The Sports Curmudgeon

Using case studies, Abrams (Law, Northeastern Univ.) examines legal issues affecting sports. Among the issues examined are judicial abstention in civil and criminal matters arising from on-field activities, the rights of disabled athletes, gender discrimination, efforts by sports organizations to insulate themselves from judicial intervention, sports arbitration, and antitrust. . . . Abrams has produced a book that will be of interest to legal scholars and sports fans. Recommended. --Choice

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ROGER I. ABRAMS is Richardson Professor of Law at Northeastern University. A recognized leader in the field of sports law, he is the author of Legal Bases: Baseball and the Law and The First World Series and the Baseball Fanatics of 1903, among others.

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