Outlaw Governance

Outlaw Governance examines two-hundred years of
Western legal development associated with the highly
contentious sport of boxing. Drawing on an extensive
sample of reported legal cases from the United
Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand
and Canada, this volume demonstrates how the sport
continues to evolve and generate enormous popularity
despite considerable legal, medical and political
resistance. This investigation shows how laws
relating to crime, negligence, contract, public
licensing and media regulation have been applied to
the sport and its practitioners in each jurisdiction,
often with a consistently restrictive and
paternalistic focus. By using popular sporting
narratives to give life to each legal dispute, this
text provides a critical insight into the operation
and limits of Western legal method which is
accessible to any reader.

Autorentext

Dr Ian Warren lectures in Criminology at Deakin University,Geelong, Australia and has expertise in the fields of drugs andcrime, international and comparative criminal justice andqualitative research methods. Dr Warren has researched andwritten extensively on comparative legal developments relating tosport, popular culture, crime and policing.

Klappentext

Outlaw Governance examines two-hundred years ofWestern legal development associated with the highlycontentious sport of boxing. Drawing on an extensivesample of reported legal cases from the UnitedKingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealandand Canada, this volume demonstrates how the sportcontinues to evolve and generate enormous popularitydespite considerable legal, medical and politicalresistance. This investigation shows how lawsrelating to crime, negligence, contract, publiclicensing and media regulation have been applied tothe sport and its practitioners in each jurisdiction,often with a consistently restrictive andpaternalistic focus. By using popular sportingnarratives to give life to each legal dispute, thistext provides a critical insight into the operationand limits of Western legal method which isaccessible to any reader.