Drugs & Doping in Sports - Softcover

O'Leary, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859416624 ISBN 13: 9781859416624

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Doping is undoubtedly one of the most controversial issues within sport. Doping scandals wreck the careers of sportsmen and women,they can bankrupt governing bodies, infringe personal liberties, threaten livelihoods, tarnish images, galvanise the European Union, undermine the Olympic Movement and invoke invective from politicians.

In recent years, sports law has developed into one of the most exciting and challenging legal disciplines and the importance of the law in doping matters has been heightened by the influx of money into sport and the development of sport as a global economy.

Drugs and Doping in Sport brings together work from leading academics, practitioners and administrators, analyses contemporary socio-legal and political themes related to doping in sport. It provides a challenging and often controversial view of doping issues and confronts political and legal orthodoxy, supplying the reader with a unique insight into this fascinating area of academic study.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is extremely popular and deeply fascinating. Following on from the Sydney 2000 Olympics, we see an emergence of the controversy regarding "Drugs in Sport", and this book clearly describes the intriguing nuances of Drugs in relation to sport. An stunning and highly informative read!

About the Author:

By John O'Leary, LLB, M Phil, Lecturer in Law at Anglia Polytechnic University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1859416624
• ISBN 13: 9781859416624
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 322