Common Law and Sport: Unlawful Games and Lawful Sports
　　　　　　　　　　　　in 19th-century England.

　　　　Yoshiaki Matsui (Nara National College of Technology)

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Abstract

　　　The present study aimes to clarify the definitions of unlawful games and lawful
sports in 19th-century England. A main source is A Treatise on Crimes and Mis-
demeanors by Sir Wm. Oldnall Russell, 7th ed., 1909. This book of authority make
mention of sports and games in Book VI 'Of Disturbance of the public peace',
chap. 1 and 2, and Book K 'Of Homicide', chap. 1.
　　　The obtained conclusion is following.
　　　The legal points about sports and games are the intention of them, the mainte-
nance of the public peace, and the prevention of the bodily harm. If the points
are not satisfied, the game is regarded as to be unlawful at the common law.