Dr Richard Parrish
Dr Richard Parrish is Reader in Law at Edge Hill University (Faculty of Humanities, Management, Social and Applied Science;
Department of Law and Criminology)
Qualifications
- PhD University of Manchester, Department of Government. Awarded 2001. ‘The Path to a European Union Sports Policy’. Nominated for 2001 Walter Bagehot Prize (Political Studies Association)
- MA European Integration and Co-operation, University of Hull. Awarded 1994
- BA (Hon’s) Government and Public Policy (2:1), University of Northumbria, Awarded 1993
Relevant publications
Consultancy reports
- Co-author ‘Professional Sport in the Internal Market’. Report for the European Parliament Project No: IP/A/IMCO/ST/2005-00
- Academic Consultant for the European Commission (Employment and Social Affairs DG) on EU project: Promoting the Social Dialogue in the European Professional Football Sector, European Commission budget heading B3-4000 (Jan-June 2004)
Books
- Sports Law and Policy in the European Union, Manchester: Manchester University Press (European Policy Research Unit Series), 2003
Articles in refereed journals
- (with D. McArdle), 'Beyond Bosman: The European Union's Influence upon Professional Athletes' Freedom of Movement', Sport in Society, Vol. 7, No.3. Autumn 2004, pp 403-418
- 'The Birth of European Union Sports Law', Entertainment Law, Vol. 2, No.2, Summer 2003, pp. 20-39
- 'Judicial Intervention and Sporting Autonomy. Defining the Territories of European Union Involvement in Sport', European Sport Management Quarterly. Special Issue: The Governance of Sports in Europe, 04/02, pp 296-307
- 'The Politics of Sports Regulation in the European Union', Journal of European Public Policy, 10:2 April 2003, pp 246-262
Contributions in books
- 'Reconciling Conflicting Approaches to Sport in the European Union', in Caiger, A. & Gardiner, S. Professional Sport in the European Union: Regulation and Re-regulation, T.M.C. Asser Press (Netherlands).
Conference papers delivered
- 'Home Grown Players – Home Grown Trouble: Nationality Restrictions in Sport, The European Union: Past and Future Enlargements'
35th UACES Annual Conference and 10th Research Conference, 5-7 September, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- (with R. B. Martins) 'UEFA and the EU: From Conflict to Co-operation?', European Football: Influence Change and Development Conference, 2nd September 2003, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
- 'The European Union and Sport', International Conference on the EU and Sport, Geel (Belgium), 28th May 2004
- 'EU, Sport and Law', 11th Conference of the Polish Sports Law Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2nd April 2004
- 'A European Anti-Trust Law Exemption For Sport? The Impact of the Draft Constitutional Treaty', Sport and Recreation Law Annual Conference, Las Vegas, (Nevada, USA), 4-6 March 2004
- 'Competition Law and Sports Policy: The Case of Broadcasting', British Association for Sport and Law Conference on the Broadcasting of Sporting Events, 9 December 2003, International Suite, Manchester United Football Club, Old Trafford
- 'Sport and the EU Treaty', University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) 33rd Annual Conference, Newcastle United Football Club, St James Park. Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), 2-4 September 2003
- 'Why Sport has no Place in the EU Constitution', Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham (UK), 14-16 April 2003
- 'Sports Law and Policy in the European Union', Eighth Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville (USA). 27-30th March 2003