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Essentials of Sports Law Third Edition
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Glenn M. Wong
ISBN: 0-275-97121-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97121-2
832 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 10/30/2002
List Price: $88.95 (UK Sterling Price: £61.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
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Description: Wong provides a comprehensive review of the various sports law issues facing professional,intercollegiate, Olympic, high school, youth, and adult recreational sports. Major topics include tort liability, contracts/waivers, antitrust law, labor law, constitutional law, gender discrimination, drug testing, intellectual property law, broadcasting laws pertaining to sports agents, business and employment law, internet gambling, and athletes with disabilities.

Discussions of legal concepts are supplemented with summaries and excerpts from hundreds of actual sports cases. Wong cites a variety of books, law review articles, newspaper articles, and Web links for those requiring further information on particular topics. This text-professional guide serves as an invaluable resource to those involved, or studying to become involved, in the vast industry of sports, including attorneys and agents, high school and college athletic administrators, coaches, athletes, labor negotiators, front-office employees, mponsors, marketers, referees and officials, facility managers, event managers, product manufacturers, and others.
Table of Contents:
  • The Court and Legal System in the United States
    Legal Principles in Tort Law
    Application of Tort Law to Sports
    Athletic Associations
    The Athlete and Constitutional Law
    Drug Testing and Policies
    Gender Discrimination in Athletics
    Contract Law
    Antitrust Law
    Labor Law
    Agency Law
    Intellectual Property Law
    Television and Broadcasting
    Business Law
    Additional Legal Concerns
    Glossary of Legal and Sports Terms
About the Author: GLENN M. WONG is Professor of Sports Law, Sports Management Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Wong has authored or co-authored four books on sports and the law, including The Essentials of Amateur Sports Law and Law and Business of the Sports Industries.
LCC Class: 344
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