Provides an examination of sports and law issues within the socio-economic and cultural context of the role that sport plays in society. The text reflects the growth and importance of sports law as a distinct area of legal inquiry. Each chapter has an introductory section on the basic legal principles of each particular area, such as employment law and the specialist nature of athletes' contractual position and, in the section on sports field violence, basic principles of criminal law and the civial law of tort. Extracts of the relevant primary and secondary source material are included. In addition, a case study is provided to illustrate the particular area under discussion.