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The second edition of this comprehensive Handbook presents new and
significantly revised chapters by leading scholars and
practitioners in the burgeoning field of international sports law.
National, regional and comparative dimensions of sports law are
emphasized throughout, exploring a wide range of issues emerging in
sports law today. Approaching international sports law through
three converging frameworks, this Handbook examines the
institutions of international sport, the eligibility rights and
protections of athletes, as well as the commercial side of
international sport. New topics discussed in this edition include
concussions, EU antitrust and other regulation of sport, review of
awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), college and
university athletics, league and team restrictions on athlete
movement, taxation of athletes and sports as cultural heritage.
Covering some of the most controversial and cutting-edge issues in
international sports law, this timely Handbook will prove
invaluable for academics and students of sports law, sports
management, international law and comparative law. With a global
scope, the Handbook will also prove a vital resource to practicing
lawyers, players' agents, senior executives and other professionals
within the sports industry.
This cutting-edge Research Handbook, at the intersection of
comparative law and anthropology, explores mutually enriching
insights and outlooks. The 20 contributors, including several of
the most eminent scholars, as well as new voices, offer diverse
expertise, national backgrounds and professional experience. Their
overall approach is ''ground up'' without regard to unified
paradigms of research or objects of study. Through a pluralistic
definition of law and multidisciplinary approaches, Comparative Law
and Anthropology significantly advances both theory and practice.
The Research Handbook's expansive concept of comparative law blends
a traditional geographical orientation with historical and
jurisprudential dimensions within a broad range of contexts of
anthropological inquiry, from indigenous communities, to law
schools and transitional societies. This comprehensive and original
collection of diverse writings about anthropology and the law
around the world offers an inspiring but realistic source for legal
scholars, anthropologists and policy-makers. Contributors include:
U. Acharya, C. Bell, J. Blake, S. Brink, E. Darian-Smith, R.
Francaviglia, M. Lazarus-Black, P. McHugh, S.F. Moore, E.
Moustaira, L. Nader, J. Nafziger, M. Novakovic, R. Price, O.
Ruppel, J.A. Sanchez, W. Shipley, R. Tejani, A. Telesetsky, K.
Thomas
This cutting-edge Research Handbook, at the intersection of
comparative law and anthropology, explores mutually enriching
insights and outlooks. The 20 contributors, including several of
the most eminent scholars, as well as new voices, offer diverse
expertise, national backgrounds and professional experience. Their
overall approach is ''ground up'' without regard to unified
paradigms of research or objects of study. Through a pluralistic
definition of law and multidisciplinary approaches, Comparative Law
and Anthropology significantly advances both theory and practice.
The Research Handbook's expansive concept of comparative law blends
a traditional geographical orientation with historical and
jurisprudential dimensions within a broad range of contexts of
anthropological inquiry, from indigenous communities, to law
schools and transitional societies. This comprehensive and original
collection of diverse writings about anthropology and the law
around the world offers an inspiring but realistic source for legal
scholars, anthropologists and policy-makers. Contributors include:
U. Acharya, C. Bell, J. Blake, S. Brink, E. Darian-Smith, R.
Francaviglia, M. Lazarus-Black, P. McHugh, S.F. Moore, E.
Moustaira, L. Nader, J. Nafziger, M. Novakovic, R. Price, O.
Ruppel, J.A. Sanchez, W. Shipley, R. Tejani, A. Telesetsky, K.
Thomas
This Handbook offers a collection of original writings by leading
scholars and practitioners in the exciting, rapidly developing
field of cultural heritage law. The detailed essays are the product
of a multi-year project of the Committee on Cultural Heritage Law
of the International Law Association.Following a comprehensive
introduction to cultural heritage law, the book turns to the core
topic of international trade. The General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade and a 1970 UNESCO convention on illegal trafficking in
cultural material formed the foundation for progressive development
of an impressive and still-evolving legal framework. Building on
these and other instruments, the essays focus on import and export
controls within specific national legal regimes. Concluding
chapters contextualize additional important issues - including
human rights, pluralism and nationalism - from a broader, global
perspective. Innovative in its combination of comparative and
international dimensions of the subject, this book provides a
ready, well-documented reference to national and international
regimes of control and a scholarly source for teaching and further
research. Students, professors and practitioners of trade law,
cultural heritage law and general international law will find this
Handbook an invaluable resource. Contributors include: T.
Adlercreutz, E. Beccerril, M. Beukes, J. Blake, K. Chamberlain, P.
Conlan, M. Cornu, P. Davies, J. Ding, T. Einhorn, F. Fiorentini, C.
Forrest, M. Frigo, K. Hausler, A. Jakubowski, O. Jakubowski, T.
Kono, S. Kozai, E.N. Moustaira, P. Myburgh, J.A.R. Nafziger, R.K.
Paterson, M.-A. Renold, B. Schoenenberger, K. Siehr, A.F. Vrdoljak
This Handbook presents a comprehensive collection of essays by
leading scholars and practitioners in the burgeoning field of
international sports law. The authors address significant legal
issues on two gradually converging tracks: the mainstream
institutional framework of the law, primarily the International
Olympic Committee, international sports federations, regional and
national sports authority, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport;
and the commercial sports industry. Topics include the
institutional structure; fundamental issues, legal principles and
decisions within those institutions; mediation, arbitration and
litigation of disputes; doping, gambling and the expanding use of
technology in competition; athlete eligibility requirements;
discrimination; and protection of athletes. The book also covers a
broad range of commercial issues related to competition law and
labor markets; media, image, and intellectual property rights;
event sponsorships; and players' agents. Comparative analyses of
young sports models and practices in North America, Europe and
elsewhere supplement the general theme of international sports law.
This major collection of essays on some of the most controversial,
cutting-edge issues in international sports law, will be a
captivating read for academics and students of sports law, sports
management, international law and comparative law, as well as
practicing lawyers and players' agents. Senior executives and other
professionals in the sports industry will also find much to
interest them in this well-documented Handbook. Contributors
include: P. Anderson, I.S. Blackshaw, R. Branco Martins, L.
Colantuoni, S. Cornelius, T. Davis, A.J. Dreyer, S. Gardiner, T.
Jagodic, L. Kurlantzick, S. Lettmaier, R.H. McLaren, M.J. Mitten,
J.A.R. Nafziger, R. Parrish, R.W. Pound, S.F. Ross, R.C.R.
Siekmann, P. Singh, J. Soek, H. Stevenson, K. Vieweg, C. Watson
This comprehensive collection of leading articles covers legal
issues that have arisen out of international sports competition and
its management. These papers trace the burgeoning field of
international sports law from its origins about a half-century ago,
through the course of complex challenges ranging from political
boycotts of competition to doping of athletes, corruption,
discrimination, players' rights and commercial influences such as
broadcast rights. Within a unique institutional framework of
national, international, non-governmental and inter-governmental
authority, the emerging regime of public law is of fundamental
importance not only to the sports industry and bar but, quite
obviously, to a global public. This authoritative collection puts
particular emphasis on the central role of the Olympic Movement and
affiliated sports federations, the regional mechanism of the
European Union and the characteristics of the European and North
American sports models. The collection will be of interest and
value to students, researchers, academics and practitioners
interested in international sports law.
This comprehensive collection of leading articles spans a broad
range of international legal issues related to both tangible
cultural material - such as archaeological and indigenous objects,
fine art, shipwrecks, and cultural sites - and intangible heritage
such as traditional knowledge and genetic information. Specific
topics include, among others, issues of definition and attribution,
on-site protection of objects and sites, illegal trafficking and
repatriation of objects, and protection of intangible heritage.
Special attention is paid to applicable provisions of UNESCO
treaties and other international instruments and to pertinent rules
of private international law. A concluding section focuses on the
resolution of cultural heritage disputes by litigation and
alternative methods.This authoritative title will be immensely
valuable to students and professionals alike.
Don Sheldon has been called 'Alaska's bush pilot among bush
pilots', but he was also just one man in a fragile airplane who, in
the end, was solely responsible for each mission he flew, be it a
high-risk landing to the rescue of others from certain death in the
mountains of Alaska or the routine delivery of supplies to a lonely
homesteader. Read this book to learn how a hero was born, and also
how he made his courageous journey to the unknown skies of dealing
with cancer.
This Handbook offers a collection of original writings by leading
scholars and practitioners in the exciting, rapidly developing
field of cultural heritage law. The detailed essays are the product
of a multi-year project of the Committee on Cultural Heritage Law
of the International Law Association.Following a comprehensive
introduction to cultural heritage law, the book turns to the core
topic of international trade. The General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade and a 1970 UNESCO convention on illegal trafficking in
cultural material formed the foundation for progressive development
of an impressive and still-evolving legal framework. Building on
these and other instruments, the essays focus on import and export
controls within specific national legal regimes. Concluding
chapters contextualize additional important issues - including
human rights, pluralism and nationalism - from a broader, global
perspective. Innovative in its combination of comparative and
international dimensions of the subject, this book provides a
ready, well-documented reference to national and international
regimes of control and a scholarly source for teaching and further
research. Students, professors and practitioners of trade law,
cultural heritage law and general international law will find this
Handbook an invaluable resource. Contributors include: T.
Adlercreutz, E. Beccerril, M. Beukes, J. Blake, K. Chamberlain, P.
Conlan, M. Cornu, P. Davies, J. Ding, T. Einhorn, F. Fiorentini, C.
Forrest, M. Frigo, K. Hausler, A. Jakubowski, O. Jakubowski, T.
Kono, S. Kozai, E.N. Moustaira, P. Myburgh, J.A.R. Nafziger, R.K.
Paterson, M.-A. Renold, B. Schoenenberger, K. Siehr, A.F. Vrdoljak
Cultural law is a new and exciting field of study and practice. The
core themes of linguistic and other cultural rights, cultural
heritage, traditional crafts and knowledge, the performing arts,
sports, and religion are of fundamental importance to people around
the world, engaging them at the grass roots and often commanding
their daily attention. The related legal processes are both
significant and complex. This unique collection of materials and
commentary on cultural law covers a broad range of themes. Opening
chapters explore critical issues involving cultural activities,
artifacts, and status as well as the fundamental concepts of
culture and law. Subsequent chapters examine the dynamic interplay
of law and culture with respect to each of the core themes. The
materials demonstrate the reality and efficacy of comparative,
international, and indigenous law and legal practices in the
dynamic context of culture-related issues. Throughout the book,
these issues are presented at multiple levels of legal authority:
international, national, and subnational.
Cultural law is a new and exciting field of study and practice. The
core themes of linguistic and other cultural rights, cultural
heritage, traditional crafts and knowledge, the performing arts,
sports, and religion are of fundamental importance to people around
the world, engaging them at the grass roots and often commanding
their daily attention. The related legal processes are both
significant and complex. This unique collection of materials and
commentary on cultural law covers a broad range of themes. Opening
chapters explore critical issues involving cultural activities,
artifacts, and status as well as the fundamental concepts of
culture and law. Subsequent chapters examine the dynamic interplay
of law and culture with respect to each of the core themes. The
materials demonstrate the reality and efficacy of comparative,
international, and indigenous law and legal practices in the
dynamic context of culture-related issues. Throughout the book,
these issues are presented at multiple levels of legal authority:
international, national, and subnational.
This is the long anticipated, never-before-told account of one of
the icons of twentieth-century television. There are many personal
revelations of interacting with some of the Gunsmoke family
ensemble, such as Miss Kitty, Doc and Festus. His own work as a
producer is covered. Throughout are rare, previously unpublished
photographs from the author's personal collection. Appendices
include comments by show biz colleagues and fellow Gunsmoke alumni,
and a sampling of letters received from his legions of fans. As
befits the man, this large-size book is a beautifully printed work
in accord with the highest library standards????????????a luxurious
and extra-strong cloth binding, acid-free paper, carefully designed
photographic and textual layouts and sophisticated typography.
Actor and fellow Gunsmoke performer Burt Reynolds has written a
foreword to the book.
Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the
classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals
should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others.
Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory
first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton--inclusive fitness
theory--provides the most fundamental and general explanation for
the evolution and maintenance of social behavior in the natural
world. James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing
literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and
explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to
questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically.
Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing
biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet
easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated
misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more
realistic features of behavior, such as nonadditivity and
conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the
general problem of identifying the underlying causes of
evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so
in the study of social evolution. Social Evolution and Inclusive
Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses
both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies
surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the
theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its
evolution.
Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the
classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals
should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others.
Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory
first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton-inclusive fitness
theory-provides the most fundamental and general explanation for
the evolution and maintenance of social behavior in the natural
world. James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing
literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and
explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to
questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically.
Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing
biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet
easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated
misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more
realistic features of behavior, such as nonadditivity and
conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the
general problem of identifying the underlying causes of
evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so
in the study of social evolution. Social Evolution and Inclusive
Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses
both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies
surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the
theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its
evolution.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
James Arness was born May 26, 1923, in Minneapolis. He entered
college just as World War II began and dreamed of being a naval
aviator. It seemed as if every night his fraternity was having a
party to send off a brother to the service. Young Arness got his
interview with a naval flight programme officer, but his hopes
vanished as he was informed that his six foot seven inch height
disqualified him automatically. He wrote his draft board asking
that they call him up as soon as possible and so he ended up as a
private in the famed Third Infantry Division where he earned a
Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Because of his stature, he was
chosen to be first off the landing craft (to test the depth of the
water) when his division landed at Anzio, Italy. He was
subsequently wounded by enemy machine gun fire and spent eighteen
months recovering in overseas and stateside hospitals. Later his
height would help him strike a commanding figure in the role of
U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon of Dodge City. After Arness had toiled in
Hollywood for a decade, John Wayne recommended him to CBS
executives for the Gunsmoke part (after Wayne turned it down). As
the principal performer of Gunsmoke for twenty years (1955-1975),
the actor and the character took on mythic proportions--a born
leader, honest and strong. Rare is the actor who has been cast in a
role that so deeply fits his true self. James Arness gives a full
account of his early years, his family, his military career, his
film work in Hollywood which included appearances in the
cult-favorite science fiction movies Them! and The Thing. He had a
long run on Gunsmoke, a role in the highly popular television
miniseries How The West Was Won, and his post-theatrical period is
also covered. This is the long anticipated, never-before-told
account of one of the icons of twentieth-century television. There
are many personal revelations of interacting with some of the
Gunsmoke family ensemble, such as Miss Kitty, Doc and Festus. His
own work as a producer is covered. Throughout are rare, previously
unpublished photographs from the author's personal collection.
Appendices include comments by show biz colleagues and fellow
Gunsmoke alumni, and a sampling of letters received from his
legions of fans. As befits the man, this large-size book is a
beautifully printed work in accord with the highest library
standards--a luxurious and extra-strong cloth binding, acid-free
paper, carefully designed photographic and textual layouts and
sophisticated typography. Actor and fellow Gunsmoke performer Burt
Reynolds has written a foreword to the book.
In The Legacy of Tiananmen, James A. R. Miles asks whether senior
leader Deng Xiaoping's gamble that prosperity would bring stability
to China has worked or whether, instead, the country's economic
transformation is fueling instability. The author, who was the
BBC's Beijing correspondent from 1988 to 1994, argues that China
today remains at least as unpredictable and volatile as it was at
the outset of the Tiananmen Square protests. On the basis of
extensive interviews with officials, ordinary citizens, and
intellectuals, the author concludes that China in the late 1990s is
a country deeply unsure of its future. Politicians and public alike
are asking themselves whether China is emerging as a new economic
superpower with global influence to match, or if it is heading
toward the chaos they so much fear. In the coming years, the answer
to this question will have major implications for the outside
world. With a population four times that of the former Soviet
Union, a China in turmoil would have a colossal impact on some of
the world's most successful economies. About the Book: By
brilliantly gathering together newspaper stories, street
interviews, leaked official documents and Western chronicles, Miles
creates a compelling story of economic change, internal political
uncertainty and, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union,
ideological isolation. . . . It's not a reassuring picture, but one
that readers--and not just old China hands--should understand. This
is an important book now and will be even more so any minute now.
--Publishers Weekly . . . a fascinating, sobering book that
contrasts with much of the conventional wisdom on China. . . .
[His] argument needs to be considered by all those who think about
the future of the world's largest country and its potential impact
on the rest of us. --Kenneth Lieberthal Miles's book is extremely
lucid, coherent, and well-written. Its controversial main
theme--that China is a country in deep trouble and may very well
not survive a fractious succession struggle after Deng's death--is
argued with persuasive force on many different societal levels.
--Richard Baum, author of Burying Mao
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