Outlaw Governance

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Outlaw Governance examines two-hundred years ofWestern legal development associated with the highlycontentious sport of boxing. Drawing on an extensivesample of reported legal cases from the UnitedKingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealandand Canada, this volume demonstrates how the sportcontinues to evolve and generate enormous popularitydespite considerable legal, medical and politicalresistance. This investigation shows how lawsrelating to crime, negligence, contract, publiclicensing and media regulation have been applied tothe sport and its practitioners in each jurisdiction, often with a consistently restrictive andpaternalistic focus. By using popular sportingnarratives to give life to each legal dispute, thistext provides a critical insight into the operationand limits of Western legal method which isaccessible to any reader.