Tag: Mitchell N. Berman

In Sport, Law and Philosophy: The Jurisprudence of Sport (Routledge), edited by Miroslav Imbrišević, a number of contributions discuss the intersection of law and sport and highlights its usefulness to both legal scholars and philosophers of sport. We asked Westminster Law School Professor Guy Osborn for a review, and his reading of this timely collection gave rise to interesting reflections about the emerging area of jurisprudence of sport where law and philosophy intervenes in a field of human activity governed by rules – sport – that offers scholars a wide range of areas for intervention.

The Journal of the Philosophy of Sport provides a forum for discussion of philosophical issues – metaphysical, ethical, epistemological, aesthetic, or otherwise – arising in sport, games, play, dance, embodiment, and other motor-related activities. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: A critical overview of the work of J.S. Russell and the problem of doping in sport by Angela J. Schneider & Guanpeng Zhou.

The jurisprudence of sport is a fast-developing field of academic study which, unlike sports law, treats sports and games as legal systems to be studied in their own right. Legal philosopher Miroslav Imbrišević is well placed to review Mitchell N. Berman & Richard D. Friedman’s The Jurisprudence of Sport: Sports and Games as Legal Systems (West Academic Publishing), and his knowledgeable and thorough review demonstrates the value of jurisprudence as an area and method of study.