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