Globalization, sports law and labour mobility : the case of professional baseball in the united states and japan / Matt Nichol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichol, Matt, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Law and legislation--United States.

Baseball.

Major League Baseball (Organization).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2019.

Summary:

This book examines labour regulation and labour mobility in two professional baseball leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Through vivid comparative study, Matt Nichol explores how each league internally regulates labour mobility and how this internal regulation engages with external regulation from the legislature, statutory authorities and the courts. This comparison of two highly restrictive labour markets utilizes regulatory theory and labour regulation and suggests a framework for a global player transfer system in baseball. Each system of labour regulation can be viewed as an autopoietic system of law that utilizes voluntary self-regulation as the basis for regulation. While the regulatory systems in each league govern labour mobility in a similar manner using labour controls such as the draft, the reserve system and free agency, the two systems operate differently in terms of the level of labour mobility enjoyed by players. Formal rules, informal rules and normative practice result in MLB having relatively high levels of labour mobility for free agent players while similar players enjoy limited mobility in NPB. The book's engaging, multifaceted focus and comparative nature make it an excellent resource for lawyers, academics and advanced students interested in labour law, sports law, and Asian and European law.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction

2. Overview of professional baseball in the United States and Japan

3. The principle that labour is not a commodity

4. Regulation and labour regulation

5. Internal regulatory actors and mechanisms in professional baseball

6. External regulatory actors and mechanisms in professional baseball

7. The law and the principle of labour mobility

8. The scope of labour mobility in professional baseball

9. The commodification of labour in professional baseball

10. Globalisation and the framework for a new global player transfer system in baseball

11. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78811-501-5