Description
Bloomsbury India Sports Law (First Edition) by Rodney D Ryder
Modern sports, a multi-billion-dollar venture has global spectators and consumers with priceless commodities being traded and marketed. With the steady growth and expansion of the sports industry, there exist a lot of potential issues. To find solutions to these issues and also to comprehend the legal points involved in sports in a better manner, understanding sports law becomes crucial. This book will elaborately discuss about Sports Governance and the role of Tribunals, the disciplinary codes involved, Image, Player and Media rights and certain key issues in Sports.
Key features
• Detailed analysis of the National Sports Policy as well as Sports governing bodies in India
• Analyze the legal issues involved in various Indian Sports Leagues like the Indian Premiere League, Kabbadi League and the like.
• Conceptual guide for Internal disciplinary procedures, on-field offences, anti-doping code, dispute resolution bodies and arbitration
• Addresses the issue of corruption and violence in Sports
About the author
Rodney D. Ryder,Partner, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultans
Chief Mentor - Enhelion Knowledge Ventures Pvt Ltd
Rodney D. Ryder is a Partner with Scriboard, a full service commercial law firm with cutting edge specialisation in technology, new media and intellectual property laws. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He has been nominated as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who’sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other international publications.
His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names (Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; (2004) 6 SCC 145). He is also an advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India (NiXI) and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.