Tag: Steve Greenfield

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.

Routledge Handbook of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, edited by Dikaia Chatziefstathiou, Borja García & Benoit Séguin (Routledge) presents new research and broad surveys exploring pressing debates, challenges and possible solutions surrounding the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games, across diverse socioeconomic and political contexts. Our reviewer Björn Sandahl contends that the handbook serves as a rich introduction to its field of study and thus should be of great interest to students and the interested general public.

ESLJ is a refereed and open access online journal. It is located within a dynamic and rapidly expanding area of legal theory and legal practice. Whilst focussed within legal study, the areas it encompasses are necessarily interdisciplinary. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue:Exploring Entertainment Law’s Boundaries: Applying a Transdisciplinary Approach by Steve Greenfield.

Brittany Reid’s and Taylor McKee’s collected volume Duelism: Confronting Sport Through Its Doubles (Common Ground) curates critical readings from sport scholars across many fields that acknowledge and interrogate the concept of sport by exploring it in connection with its significant doubles, an approach termed “duelism.” Steph Doehler’s reading of the anthology evokes mainly positive reactions, while also indicating that critical comments are called for.

ESLJ is a refereed and open access online journal. It is located within a dynamic and rapidly expanding area of legal theory and legal practice. Whilst focussed within legal study, the areas it encompasses are necessarily interdisciplinary. Editor’s pick from the current issue: KEN FOSTER AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF UK SPORTS LAW: A REFLECTIVE INTERVIEW by Steve Greenfield, Mark James, Guy Osborn

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. As well as regular issues, the IJHS also offers regionally-focused issues on the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, and special issues each year on significant topics and themes.

Bo CarlssonRegulating Football: Commodification, Consumption and the Law (2001) Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn Pluto Press. ISBN: 0-7453-1026-5Under senare år har den europeiska fotbollen genomgått stora förändringar. Regulating...