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The Emergence Of Art Law, James J. Fishman Jan 1977

The Emergence Of Art Law, James J. Fishman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

It is the purpose of this Article to examine the practical and legal origins of the field of art law, and to highlight principal legal questions which are of significant concern to the visual artist.


Throw ‘Em To The Lions (Or Bengals): The Decline And Fall Of Sports Civilization, Harvey L. Zuckman Jan 1977

Throw ‘Em To The Lions (Or Bengals): The Decline And Fall Of Sports Civilization, Harvey L. Zuckman

Scholarly Articles

There is an all too pervasive view abroad in the land that team sports are sacrosanct and are not and should not be subject to the normal processes of the civil law. The basic argument is that only the internal administrators have the expertise to determine the acceptability or reasonableness of particular contact between players and the scope of the players' consent to contact and the risks that they assume. A more emotional argument but one that must not be underestimated is that team sports are so much a part of American life that they should enjoy a special status …


Postsecondary Athletics And The Law: A Selected Bibliography, Edmund P. Edmonds Jan 1977

Postsecondary Athletics And The Law: A Selected Bibliography, Edmund P. Edmonds

Journal Articles

Although sports have for many years been an integral part of American higher education, it was not until recent years that athletics in colleges and universities became enmeshed in legal problems. The heightened interest in the legal aspects of sports is apparent to even the most casual reader of the daily sports pages, and it is increasingly becoming a major concern of administrators in American colleges. Because of this interest one finds a number of articles appearing in law reviews in recent times, when in the past they were almost non-existent. In fact, the existence of this symposium issue is …