Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right (Studies in Law, Society and Popular Culture, 1)

Cricket, law and the meaning of life ... In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket’s defining controversies – bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others – David Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket. Cricket and the Law charts the interrelationship between cricket and legal theory – between the law of the game and the law of our lives – and demonstrates how cricket’s cultural conventions can escape the confines of the game to carry far broader social meanings. This engaging study will be enjoyed by lawyers, students of culture and cricket lovers everywhere. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 8 Series editor’s preface......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Foreword......Page 16 1. Introduction......Page 18 2. The legal theory of cricket......Page 31 3. Lord Denning, cricket, law and the meaning of life......Page 37 4. Dante, cricket, law and the meaning of life......Page 41 5. Laws, not rules or cricket as adjudication......Page 45 6. Law, codes and the spirit of the game......Page 54 7. More law and the spirit of the game......Page 65 8. The man in white is always right: umpires, judges and the rule of law......Page 81 9. Umpires, decisions and the rule of law......Page 95 10. The man in white is always right (but he is not always neutral)......Page 116 11. Technology, adjudication and law......Page 121 12. Leg before wicket, causation and the rule of law......Page 133 13. Mankad, Javed, Hilditch, Sarfraz and the rule of law......Page 141 14. It's not cricket: underarm bowling, legality and the meaning of life......Page 155 15. The chucker as outlaw—legality, morality and exclusion in cricket......Page 162 16. Murali, Shoaib and the jurisprudence of chucking......Page 169 17. Bouncers: terror and the rule of law in cricket......Page 203 18. Ball-tampering and the rule of law......Page 217 19. The little master, ball-tampering and the rule of law......Page 255 20. Delay and over-rates: temporality and the meaning of cricket......Page 264 21. Ethical discourse, legal narrative and the meaning of cricket......Page 272 22. You...-sledging and cricket as ethical discourse......Page 275 23. Walking, the judicial function and the meaning of law......Page 290 24. Other stories about cricket, law and the meaning of life......Page 299 25. Capitalism and the meaning of cricket......Page 326 26. Class struggle, old school tie and the meaning of cricket......Page 334 27. The Hill, the members and others: the crowd as sub-text......Page 338 28. Bodyline, postmodernism, law and the meaning of life......Page 347 29. Conclusion: on life, law and cricket......Page 352 Notes......Page 354 Index......Page 419 Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right explores the neglected areas of intersection of cricket and the law. A lot has happened in the world of cricket since the first edition of this book was published in 1993, and this new, updated version examines these new issues, such as the relationship between cricket and national politics and the increased interest in theoretical problems of interpretation in jurisprudence. From restrictive trade practices to manslaughter, from underarm bowling to sledging, the connections between law and cricket are many and complex. This updated book e "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 David Fraser. An Expansion Of A Book Originally Issued In 1993 Under The Same Title, And Published By The Institute Of Criminology At The University Of Sidney. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [365-424) And Index. Much of what passes for legal scholarship these days continues to be, quite simply, boring.