num_pages: 236
description: The first book of its kind dedicated to an assessment of the legality of boxing, The Legality of A Punch Drunk Love? assesses the legal response to prize fighting and undertakes a current analysis of the status of boxing in both criminal legal theory and practice. In 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. An excellent book, it is a must read for all those studying sports law, popular culture and the law and jurisprudence.
language: English
title: The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love?
titlecomplete: The Legality of Boxing: A Punch Drunk Love? (Birkbeck Law Press)
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Birkbeck Law Press