Sports Law within the LL.B degree; Sports Science; Leisure and Tourism; Sports/recreation management; Sports recreation administration. A comprehensive and practical textbook dealing with the important international and European influences on the development of sports law. It combines a critical, practical and contextual approach, taking account of some of the unusual legal problems that arise out of modern sport commercial practices. This much needed text covers the core themes in Sports Law, whilst including the latest 'hot-topics' such as performance-enhancing substances, stadium disasters, and sport and violence, and takes into full consideration the impact of the Human Rights Act (1998).