Legal bases
Subtitle: baseball and the law
By: Roger I. Abrams
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780585369792
Subjects: Baseball; Law and legislation; LAW; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Description: Abrams examines such issues as drug use and gambling, enforcement of contracts, and the rights of owners and managers. The stories he tells are not limited to his official lineup, but include appearances by a host of other characters - from baseball magnate Albert Spaulding and New York Knickerbocker Alexander Joy Cartwright to "Acting Commissioner" Bud Selig and Jackie Robinson. And Abrams does not limit himself to the history of baseball and the legal process but also speculates on the implications of the 1996 collective bargaining agreement and those other issues - like intellectual property, eminent domain, and gender equity - that may provide the all-star baseball law stories of the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: The legal process at the birth of baseball  -- John Montgomery "Monte" Ward; title: The enforcement of contracts  -- Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie; title: Baseball's antitrust exemption  -- Curt Flood; title: Collective bargaining  -- Marvin Miller; title: The owners and the commissioner  -- Branch Rickey and Charles O. Finley; title: Labor arbitration and the end of the reserve system  -- Andy Messersmith; title: The collusion cases  -- Carlton Fisk; title: The crimes of baseball  -- Pete Rose; title: Baseball's labor wars of the 1990s -- Sonia Sotomayor.