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

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