Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Sports Law Resource Guide

Introduction Pro Sports, Business, Economics
Legislation and Regulations -- Ohio, Other States International
Legislation and Regulations -- Federal Videos
Regulations of Sports Organizations Study Aids
Finding Court Cases Searching Scholar and OhioLINK
Ohio Treatises , Practice Guides, and Forms Locating Law Journal Articles on Sports Topics
Comprehensive Treatises, Practice Guides, Forms Specialized Sports Law Journals
School Athletics, Amateur Sports, Other Topics Selected News/Magazine/Other Databases
Selected Title IX Resources Other Web Resources

 

Introduction

This selective guide highlights major print and electronic resources available to Cleveland State University students researching issues in Sports Law. It is specifically designed to assist Cleveland State University students taking Sports Law in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, or graduate/undergraduate courses such as Law in Physical Education, Sports, and Recreation. Because legal issues related to sports may involve any of a number of areas of law and legal research (contracts, torts, intellectual property, constitutional law, etc.) the researcher is encouraged to start with a secondary source - book, article, ALR, etc., and then follow annotations to statutory law and court decisions. Links to LexisNexis or Westlaw require passwords from those companies for access. LexisNexis Academic is available to CSU Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Please contact the Law Library's Research Services librarians during their Research Services hours, or via email to research.services@law.csuohio.edu for assistance in locating or using any of the resources discussed in this guide.

 

Legislation and Regulations -- Ohio, Other States

Ohio Revised Code's Title 33 contains the laws passed by the Ohio General Assembly relating to Education matters. However, there may be other sections of the Code more pertinent for a topic: 

For example -

  • for the definition of an "athletic trainer" see Title 47 Occupations -- Professions, in § 4755.60 of the ORC
  • the law providing the authority to form Joint Recreation Districts is in §§ 755.12 - 755.18 of the ORC, and
  • for Prepaid Entertainment Contracts see §§ 1345.41 - 1345.50 of the ORC.

Start with the Index to the ORC, and then go to the Title and section. Note in nearby sections if there are definitions related to the code provisions. 

In an annotated code, both the language of the law as presented in the Code section, and the annotations following it can facilitate your research. Annotations include citations to cases that the editor believes are related to the code section, cross references to other code sections, and perhaps history sections indicating information about amendments to the code section. Annotations may also include references to other books, practice manuals, and legal periodical articles which discuss the statute.

Also, check the pocket part supplement when using print codes for any amendments to the section and/or more recent annotations to court decisions.

Ohio Revised Code (LAWriter - from State of Ohio website - unannotated)

Ohio General Assembly  website - for tracking legislation  http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/

For annotated versions of the ORC, see the Code from either of the two major publishers of the Code:

  • Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 - . Reference, Reserve, Ohio Room KFO 30 1953 .A4 (Westlaw - OH-ST-ANN ) 
  • Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (print) / Anderson Pub. Co., 1953 - Reference, Reserve, Ohio Room . KFO 30 1953 .P3 Page's Ohio Revised Code (via LexisNexis Academic) (Please note: This OhioLINK research database is only available on the CSU campus or via remote authentication to those with a CSU ID) You can search words or put in a section number.

LexisNexis --   ( OH - Ohio Statutes, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined )

Other States' Codes:

The Law Library has a current print annotated code for many states. The sets are shelved by call number, alphabetically by state, on the Atrium Level of the Law Library, beginning with KFA (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona), KFC (California), etc. Code arrangement will vary by state. Start with the index, and check the pocket part supplement for amendments to the law and newer annotations to court decisions.

State Codes (individual states - via LexisNexis Academic) - Filter to United States, then the specific state, then Legislation, Statutes, and Codes. Select the current code. Search in the same manner as in other LexisNexis Academic databases. Code arrangement will vary by state.

Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)    www.law.upenn.edu/bll/ulc/uaaa/aaa1130.htm  

Uniform Laws Annotated / West Group.   Reference  KF 879 .A45 U5 Includes   Uniform Athlete Agents Act (2000)  and tables showing which states have adopted it, along with the citations to the state code sections. (Westlaw - ULA )      [Type a search "uniform athlete agents act" to get to the various sections.]

Legal Information Institute(LII) (Cornell): State Law

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Ohio Administrative Regulations:

State administrative agencies promulgate regulations as part of their role in implementing the laws passed by the legislative body.

Ohio Administrative Code (print) / West Pub. Co., 1994 -     KFO 34.5 .O35     

Ohio Administrative Code (LAWriter - from State of Ohio website) Examples:

  • OAC Section 3301-27-01 Qualifications to Direct, Supervise, or Coach a Pupil Activity Program.
  • OAC Athletic Trainers Chapter 4755-40 et seq., 4755-41 Athletic Trainers’ Code of Ethics

Ohio Monthly Record (print) / West 1977 -  KFO 35 .A23 O35       Updates the Ohio Administrative Code
Register of Ohio (for notice of Ohio rule-making)

Westlaw - ( OH-ADC ); Westlaw - Ohio Regulation Tracking & Text Combined ( OH-SNREGS )
LexisNexis - OH - Ohio Administrative Code and the Ohio Register ; LexisNexis - Ohio State Regulation Tracking 

 

 

Legislation and Regulations -- U.S./Federal

United States Code Annotated (U.S.C.A.) (Thomson West), Print. Reference or 2nd Level KF 62.5 .W45

United States Code Service (U.S.C.S.) (LexisNexis),  Print.   Reference KF 62 .L38
United States Code Service (via LexisNexis Academic)

Both publishers' print codes include a multi-volume subject index. Start there and then go to the Title and Section number. Check the pocket part supplement or pamphlet under the same Title and Section number for updated information -- any amendments to the Code, references to newer court decisions, etc. Some sections of law may be a paragraph or a few pages, but there may be many pages of annotations.

United States Code  (Via GPO Access) Unannotated.

U.S. Library of Congress  Thomas - for tracking Federal legislation    http://thomas.loc.gov/

Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell): Federal Law

Selected Federal Laws with Sports Implications:

  • Amateur Sports Act of 1978, 36 U.S.C. (formerly in § § 371-396 et seq.) §§ 220501-220529
  • Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
  • National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-166
  • Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. §1 et seq.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §1 et seq., § 1291, § 1292
  • Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1291-1295 (see also Chapter vii of Federal Statutory Exemptions from Antitrust Law (ABA, 2007) (pp. 217 - 240.) KF 1649 .A2 F44 2007
  • Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.
  • Trademark Act (Lanham Act), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127
  • U.S. Olympic Committee provisions, 36 U.S.C. §§ 220501-220529

Federal Administrative Regulations:

Federal administrative agencies promulgate regulations as part of their role in implementing the laws passed by the legislative body.

Code of Federal Regulations (via GPO Access) - Federal government agency regulations
CFR via LexisNexis Academic, Heinonline (1938-current version)
CFR -- Current year in print on the First Level rotunda (Reference Area) of the Law Library KF 70 .A3.
Examples:

  • Title IX Regulations of the U.S. Dept. of Education - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: 34 CFR Part 106 ; Available also from the U.S. Dept. of Education website:http://www.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/edlite-34cfr106.html
  • 16 CFR Part 1207 – Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides   (CPSC)  (in 16 CFR Part 1000 – end)

Federal Register (via GPO Access) - Issued daily.  Proposed and final regulations; notices.
FR via LexisNexis Academic ; FR -- print current and prior year - Reference  KF70 .A2  
Complete backrun via HeinOnline.

 

Regulations of Sports Organizations:

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - www2.ncaa.org/  

National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I Manual / Overland Park, KS: NCAA, (2003-2004). GV 563 .N25297 (Also NCAA Division II Manual GV 563 .N25298 and NCAA Division III Manual GV 563 .N25299)

OHSAA Student-Athlete Eligibility   http://www.ohsaa.org/eligibility/default.asp

OHSAA Handbook for Officials      http://www.ohsaa.org/officials/handbk05.pdf

World Anti-Doping Agency   http://www.wada-ama.org/en/  (For Code and Standards)     Includes link to Prohibited List and Therapeutic Use Exemptions.

 World Anti-Doping Code 2009

A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code: A Fight for the Spirit of Sport / Paul David / Cambridge, 2008. RC 1230 .D38 2008

 

 

Finding Court Cases

For information on deciphering citations see the Cleveland-Marshall Law Library guide:

How to Read a Legal Citation . 

The Yearbook of Education Law / Dayton, Ohio: National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, now Education Law Association, 1988 -    Annual. Atrium Level  KF4102.5 .Y39. Indicates significant caselaw developments, with citations to decisions. Includes a chapter on Sports Law.  Electronic access via Education Full Text (An OhioLink Research database. 1997 to present) Click on Browse > By Journal, type in Yearbook of Education Law, to get to the listing of chapters and links where full text is available. Footnotes are at the end of each chapter.

West's Education Law Reporter (West Group, 1982 -   )  KF 4110 .A2 W47 Education-related court cases from the various sets of court reports (F.Supp., N.E.2d, etc.)  and commentary/articles in each volume (check table of contents.) (Law Library has through vol. 213) There is a Digest at the end of the set.

Structure of the Ohio Judicial System

Ohio Supreme Court and Ohio Appellate Court Opinions (recent years) from the Ohio Supreme Court website

LexisNexis Academic - Federal and State Cases Combined

From this search screen, if you have a citation, you can put it in. To see how the formats for the citations should look, click on "Citation Help." You can search by party name, however you may retrieve more than the specific case you are seeking.

The dropdown Select Sources menu gives other more selective search options such as U.S. Supreme Court Cases, Lawyers' Edition, State Court Cases Combined, and for each state, the ability to search both federal and state courts at the same time.

LexisNexis Academic - By Area of Law - Sports . To get there:

  • From the LexisNexis Academic homepage click on Sources, then Browse Sources by Area of Law, and then click on Sports & Recreation Law. You can filter by country, Publication type(cases, etc.) and/or multiple and/or single source.

Ohio Decisions

For full-text searching of, and access to, Ohio state court decisions, including unreported Ohio Appellate Court decisions, use LexisNexis Academic or the Ohio Supreme Court site, which also includes decisions from the Courts of Appeals.

If you have a citation for an Ohio Court of Appeals case with WL as the abbreviation, you may be able to search by party name on LexisNexis Academic, or use the Ohio citation if you have it , although you may also find useful the Westlaw for Ohio that is available at Cleveland Public Library downtown.

 

U.S. Supreme Court  - recent decisions available from the Supreme Court's website: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

U.S. Supreme Court - decisions 1893 - current   available via FindLaw http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

Andrews Sports & Entertainment Litigation Reporter ( Westlaw - ANSPENLR)       From Nov., 1996

 

Ohio Treatises, Practice Guides, and Forms Resources

Selected Ohio-related treatises and practice guides in the Law Library collection which provide a foundation for sports law issues include the following:

  • Anderson's Ohio School Law / Kimball H. Carey / Cincinnati: Anderson Pub. Co., 2002 -  3 vol. set.  Reserve Room    KFO 390 B342
  • Baldwin's Ohio School Law, rev. ed. / Hastings, Manoloff, Sheeran & Stype. / Cleveland: Thomson/West, 2003 -   . 2 vol. set.  Reserve Room    KFO 390 .B3 2003 (Westlaw - OHSCHL)
  • Ohio Consumer Law / Harold L. Williams, ed.; Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and Ohio State Legal Services Assn. / Cleveland: Thomson West, 1997 - Current. Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series. Chapter 4: Prepaid Entertainment Contract Act. Reference, Reserve, and Ohio Room. KFO 230 .O35
  • Ohio School Law / Cleveland: West Group, 1997 - Current. Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series. Current. Reference, Reserve, and Ohio Room    KFO 390 .L48
  • Gotherman & Babbit, Ohio Municipal Law - Procedure & Forms, 2nd ed. / John E. Gotherman and Harold W. Babbit / West, 1975 - current. 3 vols. KFO 431 .A6 G66 Currently updated by Finley's Ohio Municipal Service / West Group, 2003 -  KFO 431.A6 G67   (Vol. 17 /Issue 6 Nov./ Dec. 2005 article: "Financing and Operating Community, Recreational and Park Facilities Through Joint Recreation Districts" by Emmett M. Kelly, Esq. available at http://www.bricker.com/publications/articles/918.pdf)
  • Anderson's Ohio Business Entities Handbook / Anderson Pub. Co., current year.  KFO 205 .O35      LexisNexis ( Legal > Area of Law - By Topic > Corporate > Treatises & Analytical Materials > Anderson Publishing > Ohio Business Entities Handbook )

Developments in Ohio law are often reflected in continuing legal education materials such as:

  • Sports and Entertainment Law / Columbus: OSBA CLE Institute, 2008. KF 3989 .A75 S67

Comprehensive Treatises, Practice Guides, Forms Resources

  • Law of Professional and Amateur Sports / Gary A. Uberstine and Kimarie R., eds. / St. Paul: West Group, 1988 -  . 3 vols. Current. A comprehensive looseleaf service. KF 3989 .L38 1988
  • Education Law / James A. Rapp / New York: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 1984 -   . 7 vols. An excellent comprehensive current looseleaf set; Start with Index in Vol. 7. Vol. 1 includes Chapter 3: Athletics    KF 4119 .R36
  • Education Law / Charles J. Russo and Ralph D. Mawdsley / New York: Law Journal Press, 2002 -   . Current.  (Chapt. 7: Sports Law)    KF 4119 .E276
  • Fundamentals of Sports Law, 2nd ed. / Walter T. Champion, Jr. / 2004.(Westlaw - SPORTSLAW)
  • Lindey on Entertainment, Publishing, and the Arts: Agreements and the Law, 3d ed. / Alexander Lindey and Michael Landau / St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2004 -      Current.  Four volume looseleaf service.  KF 2991.5 .L52     (Westlaw   LINDEY3d )
  • Sports Law Practice / Martin J. Greenberg and James T. Gray / Charlottesville, VA: LEXIS Law Pub., 1998 -  . Current. 2 vols.   KF 3989.G69 1998
  • ALR (American Law Reports ) (West Group)     Reference  KF 132.6 .I53 An excellent starting place for background information on numerous legal issues related to sports, with references to court decisions and other resources.    (Start with the multi-volume Index at the end of the set, checking under    Sports   for example, or by specific sport, and follow any cross references as needed. Also check the pocket part supplement to the Index for any newer listings. Then go to the appropriate series ( ALR4th, ALR 5th, ALR Federal (call number KF 132 .A47), etc.) then volume number (the first number in the citation) and then page number (the second number in the citation.) Check the pocket part supplement under the same citation for more current information. Examples:
    66 ALR5th 1  Tort Liability of Public Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning for Accidents Occurring in Physical Education Classes
    55  ALR5th 1   Liability of Participant in Team Athletic Competition for Injury to or Death of Another Participant
    76 ALR4th 201 Products Liability:  Competitive Sports Equipment
  • American Jurisprudence 2nd  (West Group)   Reference KF 154 .A422. A legal encyclopedia. Start with  the General Index, under Entertainment and Sports.    In Vol. 27A: Entertainment & Sports Law   "Regulation of Sports Agents”.
  • American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2nd (West Group)  Reference  KF 170 .A542  In Vol. 2 under Amusements and Exhibitions at VII. Athletics and Sports from  Sec.19: 251 et seq. for various legal forms.
  • Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) (West Group) Reference KF 154 .C672 A legal encyclopedia. Start with the General Index, under Sports and Athletics or Schools and Education.
  • West's Legal Forms (West Group)     Reference KF 170 .W47  In Vol. 24: Sports Related Contracts Sec. 3.190 et seq.
  • West Group's Causes of Action (West Group)   Reference   KF 8863 .S532 Start with the Index, under such topics as Sports and Athletics, Sports Spectator Injury, or Schools and Education.
 

School Athletics, Amateur Sports, Other Topics:

  • Dancing at Halftime -- Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots / Carol Spindel / New York: New York University Press, 2002. GV 714.5 .S65 2002
  • Essentials of Amateur Sports Law, 3rd ed. / Glenn M. Wong / Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. KF 3989 .W66 2002
  • Managing Legal Issues in College Athletics: Proactive Strategies for Administrators /David P. O'Brien and Timothy J. O'Brien / Horsham, PA: LRP Publications, 2004.     KF 4166 .O27 2004
  • Products Liability: Recreation and Sports Equipment  / Jeffrey D. Wittenberg / New York: Law Journal Seminars Pr., 1985 -   . Current.   KF 1297.A77 W58 1985 (Westlaw - PRODLIABRSE )
  • Risk Management in Sport: Issues and Strategies, 2nd ed. / Herb Appenzeller, ed. / Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 2005.    KF 1290 .S66 R57 2005
  • Youth Sport and the Law: A Guide to Legal Issues / Thomas Appenzeller, Herb Appenzeller, ed. / Durham. NC: Carolina Academic Pr., 2000.    KF 3989 .A965 2000
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Selected Title IX Resources

Government Reports and other publications related to Title IX -

Numerous reports and other documents are available via the U.S. Dept. of Education's website   http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml  .  In the search box, type in Title IX and you will retrieve several hundred items. 

Building on the Success of 35 years of Title IX : Hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, June 19, 2007. / U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

Older government publications are likely be more efficiently located by searching Scholar or OhioLink. The Law Library is a U.S. Government Depository Library and we can assist you in locating Federal government publications, whether published electronically or in print.

 

 

Professional Sports, Business, Economics - Selected Titles

  • An Athlete's Guide to Agents, 4th ed. / Robert H. Ruxin / Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2004.    GV 734.5 .R88 2004
  • Big Sports, Big Business: A Century of League Expansions, Mergers, and Reorganizations / Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. / Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2006. GV 583 .J66 2006
  • The Business of Sports Agents, 2d ed. / Kenneth L. Shropshire and Timothy Davis / Philadelphia: Univ. of Penn. Press, 2008. GV 734.5 .S58 2008
  • Economics of College Sports / John Fizel and Rodney Fort, eds. / Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004 GV 350 .E36 2004
  • Golf and the Law - A Practitioner's Guide to the Law and Golf Management / Thomas H. Sawyer / Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2005.   KF 3989 .S29 2005
  • The Little Green Book of Golf Law - The Real Rules of the Game of Golf / John H. Minan / Chicago, Ill.: American Bar Assn., 2007. KF 3989 .A7 M56 2007
  • Sports, Inc. -- 100 Years of Sports Business / Phil Schaaf / Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2004. GV 716 .S315 2004
  • Taking Sports Seriously – Law and Sports in Contemporary American Culture / Jeffrey Standen / Durham:  Carolina Academic Press, 2009.  KF 3989 .S735 2009
  • Understanding Business and Legal Aspects of the Sports Industry / New York: Practising Law Institute, 1999 -  .    KF 3989 .A15 U53 (1999, 2000, 2001: V. 1 & V. 2)
 

Selected International Titles

 

  • Arbitral and Disciplinary Rules of International Sports Organisations / Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek, eds. / Hague: T.M.C. Asser, 2001.    K 3702 .A73 2001
  • Arbitration at the Olympics: Issues of Fast-Track Dispute Resolution and Sports Law / Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler / The Hague, London: Kluwer Law Int., 2001. K 3702 .K38 2001
  • Dying to Win: Doping in Sport and the Development of Anti-Doping Policy, 2nd ed. / Barrie Houlihan / Strasbourg: Council of Europe Pub., 2002.   RC 1230 .H68 2002
  • The European Union and Sport: Legal and Policy Documents / Robert C.R. Siekmann and Janwillem Soek / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2005.   KJE 6063 .E97 2005
  • International Sports Law, 2nd ed./ James A.R. Nafziger / Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 2004.  K 3702 .N34 2004
  • Mediating Sports Disputes: National and International Perspectives / Ian Stewart Blackshaw / The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press; Norwell, MA: Sold & dist. N.,S.,Central Am. by Kluwer Law Int., 2002.         
    K 3702 .B53 2002
  • Sports Law / F. Hendrickx ed. / The Hague; New York: Kluwer Law International, 2004-  (International Encyclopaedia of Laws)  Looseleaf.    KJC 6063 .S658

For additional information:

 

Videos

Eight Men Out (Santa Monica: MGM Home Ent., 1999). Audiovisual Reserve  PN 1995.9 .S67 E5x 1999

Title IX and Women in Sports: What's Wrong with This Picture?  (Produced by Whidbey Films, Inc.; dist. by PBS Home Video, 1999). Audiovisual Reserve  KF 4155 .T57 1999

 

Study Aids

Sports Law in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. / Walter T. Champion, Jr./ West Group, 2005.  (Nutshell Series)    KF 3989 .Z9 C48 2005 

Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials, and Problems / Matthew J. Mitten [et al.] / New York: Aspen, 2005   KF 3989 .A7 S66 2005

 

Searching Scholar and OhioLINK

 

To identify titles of books and periodicals in both the Law Library and the University Library, check SCHOLAR, the online catalog, under such subjects as the following:

  • Athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Collective bargaining -- sports
  • College sports
  • Doping in Sports -- Law and Legislation
  • Liability for sports accidents
  • Olympics -- Law and Legislation
  • Physical education and training
  • Professional sports -- law and legislation
  • Professional sports -- United States -- Management
  • School sports -- Law and legislation
  • Sex discrimination in sports
  • Sports administration -- United States
  • Sports agents
  • Sports for women – United States -- History
  • Sports franchises
  • Sports -- Law and legislation
  • Sports -- Risk management -- United States

If a copy is not available at Cleveland State University, consider checking OhioLink.

 

Identifying and Locating Law Journal Articles on Sports Topics

See Finding Articles in Law Reviews, Journals and Other Legal Periodicals for an explanation of the legal periodical indexes and databases available to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law students and the CSU community. 

Start with an Index because there are likely to be pertinent Sports Law articles in general as well as subject-specific law reviews, you are strongly encouraged to utilize indexes to identify articles, and then go to the full text of the articles. There are two major indexes:

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books  / H.W. Wilson , 1926 - Electronic access only at CSU Law Library. (1980 - present and Retrospective ILP (1918 - 1981) via WilsonWeb.)  Print index : Reference   KF 8 .I54

Check under Sports or by specific sport, such as Baseball. Other subjects used in this index:

Antitrust law -- Sports
College sports
Drug Testing -- Athletes
Olympic Games, 2008 (Beijing, China)
School Sports
Sex discrimination -- Sports
Sports franchise relocation
Sports franchises -- Taxation
Stadium financing

Legal Resource Index: on Westlaw ( LRI); on LexisNexis for law students. ( Not included on LexisNexis Academic.)

Check under Sports, or specific sports, or other topics such as the following:

African American athletes
Athletes (  -- Accidents    -- Contracts   -- Crime     -- Discipline    -- Drug testing -- Emigration and immigration    -- Laws, regulations, etc.   -- Mediation and arbitration    -- Recruiting    -- Taxation )
Baseball teams ( -- Buildings, facilities, etc.    -- Cases -Litigation   -- Location      -- Taxation )
College athletes
College sports ( -- Contracts     -- Finance    -- Intellectual property     -- Laws, regulations, etc.
-- Litigation       -- Management     -- Standards    -- Surveys )
Disabled athletes
Discrimination in sports
Drugs and athletes
Free agents (Sports)
Mascots
Mass media and sports
Outdoor recreation
Professional sports
Recreation areas
School sports ( -- Cases )
Sporting goods
Sports agents
Sports facilities
Sports franchises
Sports law ( -- Comparative method     -- Evaluation    -- Interpretation and construction -- Litigation   -- Mediation and arbitration   -- Surveys )
Sports spectators
Sports teams
Stadiums ( --Design and construction     -- Finance    --Laws, regulations, etc.     -- Surveys
-- Usage   -- Valuation)
Television broadcasting of sports
Violence in sports
Women athletes
Women's sports

 

Other Indexes:

Index - Sports Law in Law Reviews and Journals, a regular listing of law journal articles related to Sports Law, in issues of Marquette Sports Law Journal

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals    Reference    K 33 .I38 “multilingual index to articles and book reviews published worldwide”  1985 – present. Search under       Sports     or      Sports -- [name of country]

Sport Database (Westlaw - SPORT ) A bibliographical database from the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) in Ontario, Canada. Provides indexing (and abstracts) for over 2000 journals (from 1975) and monographs (1949) published in English, French and other languages. Country, country of publication, and language fields can be searched. Updated monthly.

If you have a citation from an index or other source, to get to the full text of a journal article go to:

Journal Finder From the Law Library or University Library home page. Type the title of the journal to determine electronic and/or print access to that journal title. If not listed, check Scholar for the journal title and be aware that there have been numerous name/title changes among sports law journals. Please note that not every volume/issue/article is available in both electronic and print format, or from more than 1 source. Graphic information may or may not be available in electronic format. If a title is not listed on Scholar, please ask your Research Services Librarian for assistance. 

Titles may be electronically available on

•   LexisNexis Academic (An OhioLink research database)

•   LexisNexis or Westlaw  (for Law students with passwords only)

•   HeinOnline  (CSU Campus or for CSU users via authentication only)  

For full text regular "print" format, plus full-text search capability, and for many volumes older than those available on LexisNexis or Westlaw: HeinOnline Law Journal Library

Access HeinOnline from a QuickLink on the left on the Law Library Home Page.  Select Law Journal Library.

If you have a specific title, such as Marquette Sports Law Journal, you can get to it via the alphabetical title listing. You can browse into the specific journal, check the table of contents of an issue, and slide down on the left to click on the specific article. Occasionally an issue has several articles from a conference or symposium on a topic. Many older volumes of law reviews are available in this database.

If you don't have a specific journal title in mind, once in the Law Journal Library, by clicking on the Search tab, you can search by words or phrases, including words from authors' names.

Generally footnotes are at the bottom of each page of an article. Also, charts (if any) are available in HeinOnline's pdf format, whereas they are not likely available in some of the other databases. 

To print an article in HeinOnline, click on printer icon at the top right. Then select the pdf for Current section, to print the entire article, or Current page pdf to print just the single page. (If you do not take the step of using the Printer icon, and just print screens, the bottom few lines of each page are likely to appear on a second page - not what you want for a long article).

Print format: Journal titles available in print format list the call number, and location/availability information, in the Scholar catalog record.

Request current print journal issues at the Law Library Information Services Desk, 1st Level.
Older volumes are shelved by call number, generally on the Base Level, beginning at K1.

There have been many journal name/title changes in the Sports Law area. Also, not every volume/issue/article is available in both print and electronic format. Graphic information may or may not be available in electronic format.

Although some issues/some journals may be available on the Internet from the issuing body/institution/publisher, not all titles are, nor are full runs of the titles.  If you are a C.S.U. student, article retrieval may be more efficient using LexisNexis Academic, Hein Online, or print issues at the Law Library.

If you experience difficulties locating any specific journal title or article, please ask a librarian.

 

Specialized Sports Law Journals

  • DePaul Journal of Sports Law and Contemporary Problems  / v.1 -    (2003 -    ) .(LexisNexis Academic)     (Westlaw DPLJSLCP)
  • Entertainment and Sports Lawyer /  Publication of the Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries / Chicago, Ill. : The Committee of the American Bar Association, Vol. 1 - (1982 - ).    KF 4290 .A15 E57    (Westlaw - Selected coverage, Vol. 6- , 1987 -  ENTSLAW )
  • Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, Vol. 4 -   (1998 -    ).Continues Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University Entertainment & Sports Law Journal, Vol. 2 - 3 (1995 - 1998); Continues Detroit College of Law Entertainment & Sports Law Forum, Vol. 1 (1994). K 4 .E739
  • Florida Entertainment, Art and Sport Law Journal,  Vol. 1 -   (1993 -  ).    K 6 .L67
  • Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 6 -  (1995 -    ). Continues Fordham Entertainment, Media & Intellectual Property Forum, Vols. 1-5 (1990 -1995).   K 6 .O7026 Hein Online (CSU Campus or CSU Network only.)(Westlaw, selected coverage, Vol. 1 - 1990 -  - FDMIPMELJ)
  • International Sports Journal / West Haven, CT: Univ. of New Haven Foundation, Vol. 3 -  , (1999 -   ).    G 1 .I58  (some issues available from Academic Search Premier) (Westlaw, July, 2002 -  INTSPORTSJ )
  • International Sports Law Journal (ASSER International Sport Law Centre), 2002 (Issue 1)  -    
  • International Sports Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell) (Westlaw, selected coverage, 2001 -  ISLR )
  • Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport / Sport and Recreation Law Association / Milwaukee, WI: National Sports Law Institute, Marquette University Law School / Vol. 5 -  (1995 -   ) K 10 .O873242 HeinOnline (v. 1-13, 1991-2003)   (LexisNexis Academic ) (Westlaw, Vol. 11 - , 2001 -  JLEGASP)
  • Legal Issues in Collegiate Athletics (2000 -   )  (Westlaw - OAKLICATH)
  • Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 11 - (2000 -   ). Continues Marquette Sports Law Journal: Journal of the National Sports Law Institute, Vols. 1 - 10 (1990 - 1999 ) K 13 .A765 HeinOnline (v. 1-19, 1990-2009)    (Westlaw - selected coverage Vol. 1-3; Vol. 4 - 1993 -   MARQSLR )
  • Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law, Vol 1-(1991 - ). Continues Seton Hall Journal of Sport Law    K 23 .E838   (Westlaw, selected coverage Vol. 1-2, 1991-92; full Vol. 3 - 1993 -  - SHJSEL)HeinOnline (Vol. 1-    )       Via  LexisNexis Academic
  • The Sports Lawyer / Lakeland, FL : Sports Lawyers Assn., 1987 -    . (Continues Sports Lawyers Newsletter .)   K 23 .P672
  • The Sports Lawyers Joumal Vol. 1 -  (1994 -   ).     K 23 .P674   (Westlaw - SPLAWJ)
  • Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law / Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas School of Law, Vol. 1 -  (2000 -     ).   K  24 .E945   HeinOnline   (Vols. 1-9, 2000-2008) (Westlaw - Vol. 3 - , 2002 -      TXRESL)
  • University of Miami Entertainment and Sports Law Review (Continues Entertainment and Sports Law Journal , Vols. 1 - 5 (1984-1988); Vol. 6 - (1989 -  )     K 5 .N69 (Westlaw - UMIAESLR)     via LexisNexis Academic
  • Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal , Vol. 1 -   (1994 -    ) (Westlaw -  VLSELJ) HeinOnline    Vol. 1 - 15 (2008))   Via LexisNexis Academic
  • Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal / Charlottesville, VA: Univ. of Virginia, School of Law / Vol. 1 -  (2001 - ). Continues Virginia Journal of Sports and the Law , Vol. 1 - 3 (1999 - 2001)    K 26 .I735 )   
    K 26 .I736 HeinOnline   Vols. 1-3 (1999-2001)   (Westlaw - VASELJ)

Magazine Database (Westlaw - 1959-1970 & 1973 - present: indexing and abstracts;  1983 - present full-text -   MAGAZINE )

UPI International Sports News (Westlaw, Feb., 2005 - UPIINTLSPORTS )

Chronicle of Higher Education   Current month, Law Library Base Level - Casual Reading Area. Do a title search Chronicle of Higher Education  on Journal Finder from either Library's homepage to determine electronic and additional print access. A major current awareness title for the higher education community.

 

Other Web Resources

 

NCAA  (National Collegiate Athletic Association) 

NCAA - Pregnant and Parenting Student-Athletes: Resources and Model Policies

Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA)    

Scholarly Sports Sites  Links to many sports organizations, including international organizations.

National Sports Law Institute at Marquette University Law School

National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Includes Athletics Employment Opportunities

National Parks and Recreation Association

Accessible Sports Facilities -- A summary of accessibility guidelines for recreation facilities  (U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, June 2003)

U.S. Congressional Budget Office -- Tax Preferences for Collegiate Sports, a CBO Paper (May 2009)

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  Including: Public Playground Safety: Handbook   

U.S. Congressional Hearing and Reports may be available electronically or in print or microform format. Check Scholar, the online catalog for specific titles (and links if available.) For example: Vertically Integrated Sports Programming - Are Cable Companies Excluding Competition? Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 109th Congress, 2nd Session, Dec. 7, 2006. KF 26 J8 2006za

European Commision > Sport -- Its White Paper on Sport

World Anti-Doping Agency  -  International Standards;   World Anti-Doping Code 2009;    World Anti-Doping Code (2003)  Richard W. Pound, Chair, International Olympic Committee's World Anti-Doping Agency -     

Court of Arbitration for Sport   

ASSER International Sports Law Centre 

Peace Palace Library - Bibliography on Sports Law

SABR - Society for American Baseball Research -- The Business of Baseball Scholarly Work Collection.

Westlaw - (All Databases > Materials by Area of Practice > Art, Entertainment, and Sports Law ) Searchable databases include law reviews, legal texts, news, forms, treatises, and other practice materials.

Andrews Entertainment Industry Litigation Reporter / Nov. 1996 - (Westlaw - ANENTILR ) Topics include breach of contract, copyright infringement, defamation of character, and antitrust.

FindLaw > Practice Areas > Entertainment & Sports Law > Sports Law

 

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links checked 08/05/2009

 

 


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