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Cricket, law and the meaning of life ... 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 - David Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket. Cricket and the Law charts the interrelationship between cricket and legal theory - between the law of the game and the law of our lives - and demonstrates how cricket's cultural conventions can escape the confines of the game to carry far broader social meanings. This engaging study will be…mehr

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Cricket, law and the meaning of life ... 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 - David Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket. Cricket and the Law charts the interrelationship between cricket and legal theory - between the law of the game and the law of our lives - and demonstrates how cricket's cultural conventions can escape the confines of the game to carry far broader social meanings. This engaging study will be enjoyed by lawyers, students of culture and cricket lovers everywhere.
Autorenporträt
David E. Fraser, Ed.D., MPA, is a professor of public and healthcare administration at California State University, East Bay, and a longtime senior executive in county government in California's San Francisco Bay Area.With decades of experience leading initiatives at the intersection of policy, strategy, and public funding, he brings a practitioner-scholar perspective to his teaching, writing, and leadership development work. Through Fraser Leadership Group, he continues to train professionals in grant writing, program development, and cross-sector collaboration.