Jurisprudence of Sports and Games

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar explores normative and adjudicative systems associated with sports and games. Apart from their intrinsic interest, these topics cast light on legal rules and practices. Confirming as much, sports, games, and the law are often compared, such as when Chief Justice John Roberts famously—or infamously—likened Supreme Court justices to umpires. Consider a few related questions that have attracted judicial or scholarly attention.…