Table of Contents

1. The Nature of Sports Law 2. Overview: Framework of the Law Relating to Sport 3. Access to Sporting Competitions 4. Players' Rights 5. The Regulation of Play 6. The Commercial Exploitation of Sport 7. Disciplinary Proceedings in Sport 8. Remedies: The Resolution of Legal Disputes in Sport

About the Author

The Hon Michael Beloff KC is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers. a former President of Trinity College Oxford, Master of the Bench of Grays Inn and a member of the Channel Islands Court of Appeal. He is a Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Chairman of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission, a Member of the International Appeal Panel of Formula One, Editor of Sweet and Maxwell's International Sports Law Review, General Editor of Halsburys Laws on Sports Law (forthcoming), and President of the British Association of Sport and Law. Tim Kerr KC is a barrister at 11 King's Bench Walk specialising in sports law, administrative and employment law; he sits as a sports arbitrator and a Chancery civil recorder and conducts investigations for public sector bodies. Marie Demetriou KC is a barrister at Brick Court Chambers, London. Rupert Beloff is a Barrister at No5 Chambers, London, specialising in public law, sports law, commercial law and human rights.

Reviews

…this edition is hugely well researched, equally well written and provides a holistic approach to the wide-ranging elements that comprise an ever-increasing and ever more popular specialist area of the law…What sets this publication apart from its competitors is the very essence that the reader is benefiting from the duality both of the collective knowledge and hands-on experience of the authorship in all aspects. A considered group opinion is thus put forward and is notably refreshing in the process…It is thoroughly enriched by being logical, intuitive, engagingly written and, above all, insightful…Practitioners, academics and sports administrators alike, cannot fail to be impressed and now everyone concerned in sports law has at their fingertips a handbook they can treat as a working bible. We cannot commend it highly enough.
*International Sports Law Review, Issue 4*

Any lawyer interested in the field of sports law should have the Second Edition of Sports Law to hand; its lucid, comprehensive yet concise exposition of the relevant jurisprudence is as invigorating as a cold blast of fresh air in a sweaty workout. It reads like a good opinion, in which the author has mastered his subject and speaks authoritatively, with the answer and reasoning set out clearly and understood...Sports Law is written with intellectual rigour combined with a zest for the subject matter. The four authors bring a diversity of juridical backgrounds that instils a breath of vision into the analysis. If you are a busy practitioner looking for the "answer" to a sports law problem, this is the textbook; if you are an academic searching for some underlying principles and theories, there is plenty for you too.
*Counsel Magazine*

One of the many strengths of this book is its concision and good English. It is well bound, clearly and comprehensively footnoted and with full case indices at the beginning. It is easy to read and at £95 a bargain. Any law firm or sports organisation which has sports legal issues arising from time to time would find this book a very useful addition to library shelves. The authors have struck a lovely balance between in-depth knowledgeable commentary but presented in a way the busy lawyer can understand. It will be my first port of call from now on for any sports law question.
*IT Law Today*

We have now reached the stage where sports law has assumed considerable importance in the many different ways in which it is addressed in this book. And in a country like ours, which is deeply committed to many different sports for entertainment, for personal satisfaction, for fitness, and for livelihoods and international representation, justice in the world of sports is of great importance, for some indeed of overwhelming importance. They, and all those responsible for every sport need to know where they stand, where they might go wrong, and where they need to think before they make their decisions. This book tells them everything they need to know.
*The Rt. Hon. The Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,*

Review from the First Edition …this book clearly and accessibly opens up a range of issues which should be of interest to anyone, lawyers or otherwise, who has an interest in the position of sport within an increasingly globalising economy.
*Tottel's Communications Law*

Review from the First Edition …the skill of the authors is such that there may well now be a specialist sub-topic, the law of the replica football shirtThis collection of interesting and informative papers will help sports law to find a coherence of its own and it is to be commended.
*Journal of the Law Society of Scotland*