{"product_id":"the-legality-of-boxing-jack-anderson-9780415429320","title":"The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book of its kind dedicated to an assessment of the legality of boxing, \u003cem\u003eThe Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?\u003c\/em\u003e assesses the legal response to prize fighting and undertakes a current analysis of the status of boxing in both criminal legal theory and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Anderson exposes boxing's 'exemption' from contemporary legal and social norms. Reviewing all aspects of boxing - historical, legal, moral, ethical, philosophical, medical, racial and regulatory - he concludes that the supposition that boxing has a (consensual) immunity from the ordinary law of violence, based primarily on its social utility as a recognised sport, is not as robust as is usually assumed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003esuggests that the sport is extremely vulnerable to prosecution and might in fact already be illegal under English criminal law\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eoutlines the physical and financial exploitation suffered by individual boxers both inside and outside the ring, suggesting that standard boxing contracts are coercive thus illegal and that boxers do not give adequate levels of informed consent to participate\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eadvocates a number of fundamental reforms, including possibly that the sport will have to consider banning blows to the head\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eproposes the creation of a national boxing commission in the US and a similar entity in the United Kingdom, which together would attempt to restore the credibility of a sport long know as the red-light district of sports administration.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn excellent book, it is a must read for all those studying sports law, popular culture and the law and jurisprudence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415429323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415429320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.41w x 0.94d","brand":"Jack Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086601793791,"sku":"9780415429320","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_919b2692-84b4-4d7f-8a09-6169c3b8c689.jpg?v=1769095629","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-legality-of-boxing-jack-anderson-9780415429320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}