Cricket and the Law

<p><strong>Cricket law and the meaning of life ...</strong></p><p>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. </p><p><em>Cricket and the Law</em> 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. </p><p>This engaging study will be enjoyed by lawyers students of culture and cricket lovers everywhere. </p>