Sports Law: Secondary Legal Sources

To find treatises on Sports Law and related topics, use the Law Library’s (or another library’s) online public access catalog (OPAC), or use the WORLDCAT database available to Villanova students through Falvey Library, the main campus library (use the “Databases A-Z” link on the Falvey Library website).  Some suggested material is listed below:

Use legal dictionaries to define unfamiliar legal terms:

Legal Encyclopedia provide a concise introduction to the full scope of a subject, along with citations to primary and secondary sources of law that illustrate the discussion of various issues.  Some suggested works appear below:

The American Law Reports series, including American Law Reports, American Law Reports Federal, and American Law Reports International, provide in-depth analysis of selected legal topics along with extensive citation to primary authorities.  American Law Reports are available on Lexis+ and Westlaw.

Pennsylvania Bar Institute publications provide information on handling selected legal matters in Pennsylvania.  The following suggested titles focus on Sports Law practice:

Research law reviews and journals dealing with Sports Law matters using legal periodical indexes and databases such as Lexis+, Westlaw, and Heinonline.  The following are selected Sports Law journals available in print in the Villanova Law Library:

DePaul Journal of Sports Law (Lower Level, K4 .E76)

Marquette Sports Law Review (Lower Level, K13 .A76)

The Sports Lawyers Journal (Lower Level, K23 .P75)

Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law (Lower Level, K24 .E9)

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (Lower Level, K26 .I58)

Check the Library’s OPAC for more print journals.

Practice Guides are designed to aid the preparation and actual litigation of cases.  The following suggested titles are available electronically through Lexis+ and Westlaw:

Study Aids provide vital background information on selected legal topics.  The following titles are suggested for Sports Law students and practitioners: 

Compiled by the American Law Institute, Restatements of the Law are authoritative secondary sources featuring concise statements of legal rules, commentary, discussions of the rules applied to hypothetical situations, and citation to cases.  Check the catalog for print versions of the Restatements, or see the list of Restatement publications from the American Law Institute website.  Restatements are also available electronically on Lexis+ and Westlaw.