Citation

Standen J. J. Crim. Law Criminol. 2009; 99(3): 619-642.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Northwestern University School of Law)

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Abstract

With increasing frequency, the criminal law has been used to punish athletes who act with excessive violence while playing inherently violent sports. This development is problematic as none of the theories that courts employ to justify this intervention adequately take into account the expectations of participants and the interests of the ruling bodies of sports. This Essay proposes a standard for the interaction of violent sports and criminal law that attempts to reconcile the rules of violent sports with the aims of the criminal law.