Globalization, Sports Law and Labour Mobility
The Case of Professional Baseball in the United States and Japan
$415.16
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2019
Summary
This book examines labour regulation and labour mobility in two professional baseball leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Through vivid comparative study, Matt Nichol explores how each league internally regulates labour mobility and how this internal regulation engages with external regulation from the legislature, statutory authorities and the courts. This comparison of two highly restrictive labour markets utilizes regul…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788115001 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788115007 |
| Author: | Matt Nichol |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 504g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
‘Nichol has written a fascinating account of labour mobility in baseball whilst dissecting theories underpinning the regulation of employment in the sport and building a case for a global player transfer system.’ – Stacey Steele, Australian Journal of Asian Law‘The confronting assertion that baseball labour is commodified has not been weakened by the MLB’s efforts to restart the season during the pandemic, making Matt Nichol’s scholarly examination of “labour regulation and labour mobility in professional baseball’s two elite leagues” both timely and important.’ – Micah Burch, Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht
About The Author
Matt Nichol
Matt Nichol, Lecturer, Law School, Central Queensland University, Australia.
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