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Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right

Contributor(s): Fraser, David (Author)

ISBN: 9780714653471

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: December 23, 2004

Dewey: 796.358

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.18" H x 9.26" L x 6.22" W ( 1.88 lbs) 460 pages

Series: Routledge Studies in Law, Society and Popular Culture

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Description: In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others - Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket.

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'Fraser's book is a considerable achievement that will stand as the benchmark for future legal studies of the playing of sport.' -Tony Collins, THES, 10 February 2006

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