Sports and the Law
Text, Cases and Problemsdi: Henry J Friendly Professor of Law Paul C Weiler - Gary R Roberts - Roger I Abrams - Stephen F Ross
This
casebook introduces students to the fundamentals of labor, antitrust, and
intellectual property law as applied in the professional and amateur sporting
industries. It covers the unique office of the league commissioner; the
contract, antitrust, and labor law dimensions of the player-labor market; the
peculiar institution of the player agent in a unionized industry; the economic
and legal implications of agreements among league owners and responses to rival
leagues; the system of commercialized college athletics governed by the NCAA
and how law impacts individual sports like golf, tennis and boxing; as well as
the structure and operation of international Olympic sports. It also covers
issues of statutory interpretation, administrative law, and torts before a
variety of forums, including state and federal courts, agencies, and
arbitration. The new edition updates material on the business of sports with
the latest antitrust, preemption, drug testing and labor relations cases.
