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Sport and the Law: Historical and Cultural Intersections (Sport, Culture & Society)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Regalado, Samuel O.; Fields, Sarah K.. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNJS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
This 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 ... Read more
This 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286666
SKU
V9781557286666
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About
Samuel 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. ... Read more
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