Sport and the Law

Sport and the Law is a topic that is regularly in the media.  It is an area that covers many issues -  the behaviour of players off the field; the use of drugs; discriminatory behaviour towards players or sports. 

In the new syllabus which will commence for Year 11 in 2010, one of the contemporary law reform issues that may be studied is "Sport and the Law".  I have been looking at available  resources that might be helpful to teachers if they choose this topic. Here are two suggestions:

•  Sport and the Law  by Deborah Healey, 4th ed, UNSW Press, 2009.  This is a comprehensive book on this topic.  It includes an overview of the different sporting tribunals, discrimination, sports injuries, the use of drugs, sports sponsorship and sporting reputation.
• Sports Law  by David Thorpe et al, OUP, 2009. 

Both books are held in the LIAC Centre at the State Library.

Recent examples of reports in the media include:

Discrimination

Boxing for women to be played in the 2012 Olympic Games in London

• "Women's Boxing get's 2012 Olympic Games slot", 14 August 2009
• "A Blow for Equality but Sexist Whingers need their ears boxed" by Jacquelin Magnay, 19 August 2009.

Behaviour of players

• If you have a reader's card, you can find numerous reports in the media on Proquest ANZ Newsstand about different players off the field.  If you know the name of a particular player who has been charged for an offence, you can type in their name and set the dates to either the past three months or six months or year.  If you are looking for more general articles about the behaviour of sport's players in general, you can type in "behaviour and player* and sport" and set date to six months.

Use of Drugs

•  Performing Enhancing Drugs eddited by Justin Healey, issues in Society, Spinney Press, No 269, Spinney Press, 2009.  Comprehensive summary.