Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right

by Fraser; David

• ISBN13: 9780714682853
• ISBN10: 0714682853
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-09-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"Cricket and the Law charts the inter-relationship between cricket - the law of the game, and legal theory - the law of our lives. Fraser draws connections and commonalities between these two seemingly disparate, complex sets of conventions. This study will be enjoyed by lawyers and students of law, sport, sociology and cultural studies, as well as cricket lovers everywhere."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Series editor's preface	ix
Preface	xi
Foreword	xv
1 Introduction	1	(14)
2 The legal theory of cricket	15	(6)
3 Lord Denning, cricket, law and the meaning of life	21	(5)
4 Dante, cricket, law and the meaning of life	26	(4)
5 Laws, not rules or cricket as adjudication	30	(10)
6 Law, codes and the spirit of the game	40	(12)
7 More law and the spirit of the game	52	(17)
8 The man in white is always right: umpires, judges and the rule of law	69	(15)
9 Umpires, decisions and the rule of law	84	(23)
10 The man in white is always right (but he is not always neutral)	107	(5)
11 Technology, adjudication and law	112	(13)
12 Leg before wicket, causation and the rule of law	125	(8)
13 Mankad, Javed, Hilditch, Sarfraz and the rule of law	133	(15)
14 It's not cricket: underarm bowling, legality and the meaning of life	148	(8)
15 The chucker as outlaw – legality, morality and exclusion in cricket	156	(8)
16 Murali, Shoaib and the jurisprudence of chucking	164	(37)
17 Bouncers: terror and the rule of law in cricket	201	(15)
18 Ball-tampering and the rule of law	216	(41)
19 The little master, ball-tampering and the rule of law	257	(10)
20 Delay and over-rates: temporality and the meaning of cricket	267	(9)
21 Ethical discourse, legal narrative and the meaning of cricket	276	(4)
22 You... – sledging and cricket as ethical discourse	280	(16)
23 Walking, the judicial function and the meaning of law	296	(10)
24 Other stories about cricket, law and the meaning of life	306	(29)
25 Capitalism and the meaning of cricket	335	(8)
26 Class struggle, old school tie and the meaning of cricket	343	(4)
27 The Hill, the members and others: the crowd as sub-text	347	(10)
28 Bodyline, postmodernism, law and the meaning of life	357	(6)
29 Conclusion: on life, law and cricket	363	(2)
Notes	365	(60)
Index	425