Sports Law · 8th Edition
Sports and the Law: Text, Cases, and Problems - 8th Edition - Paul C. Weiler
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Sports and the Law: Text, Cases, and Problems 8th Edition Paul C. Weiler
ISBN: 9798317700546
The Eighth Edition of this leading casebook provides a comprehensive examination of the legal issues shaping professional, collegiate, international, and amateur sports. Its flexible organization allows instructors to focus on selected areas of legal doctrine or particular sectors of the sports industry. The book offers in-depth coverage of labor law, antitrust, intellectual property, and the law of private associations, while also exploring the unique legal and business challenges facing modern sports organizations.
Topics include sports integrity, the authority of league commissioners and their responsibility to protect the “best interests of sports,” the contractual, antitrust, and labor law dimensions of the player market, and the role of player agents in unionized industries. The text also examines agreements among league owners, competition from rival leagues, the structure of college athletics under the NCAA and Title IX, equity in sports, and the organization of international and Olympic competition.
Key updates in the Eighth Edition include:
- League Governance and Arbitration: Updated coverage of sports commissioners’ disciplinary authority and judicial review of league arbitration awards.
- The Business of Sports: New and revised materials addressing sports media, gambling, and labor relations.
- Antitrust Law: Updated introductory materials designed to make the fundamentals of the Sherman Act accessible to students without prior antitrust experience.
- Intellectual Property: Expanded and updated coverage of copyright, athletes’ publicity rights, and trademark law in sports.
- Intercollegiate Athletics: Reorganized and expanded chapters addressing state name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws; the class action settlement in House v. NCAA permitting university revenue sharing with athletes; antitrust litigation involving athlete eligibility and mobility; NCAA compliance and NIL commercial activity; and athletic conference realignment.
- International and Olympic Sports: Updated coverage featuring new materials on European Union competition law and soccer.
- Transgender Participation in Sports: Updated analysis of legal developments, including the Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. B.P.J.
- Health and Safety: Expanded discussion of medical malpractice involving professional athletes and assumption of risk in athletic participation.
Combining foundational legal principles with current developments across the sports industry, the Eighth Edition provides students with a broad and practical understanding of sports law.
Sports and the Law: Text, Cases, and Problems 2026 8th Edition Paul C. Weiler
ISBN: 9798317700546, 979-8317700546, 979-8-3177-0054-6, 979-8-31770-054-6
Paul C. Weiler
Stephen F. Ross, Penn State Dickinson-University Park
Michael C. Harper, Boston University School of Law
Jodi S. Balsam, Brooklyn Law School
William W. Berry III, University of Mississippi School of Law
Marc L. Edelman, Fordham University School of Law
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- ISBN
- 9798317700546
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Publisher
- West Academic
- Publication Date
- November 2026
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