The Green Bag: Call for papers and nominations on “baseball and the law”

The Green Bag, “an entertaining journal of law”, has the following (11 Green Bag 2d 280):

We are seeking submissions of two sorts for our 2010 Almanac & Reader, which will have a baseball-and-the-law theme.

First, we want scholarly essays on topics related to baseball and the law. We hope to select 12 essays, each between 1500 and 5000 words long. Topics in which we are particularly (but not exclusively) interested are: (a) baseball and ... civil rights law; criminal law; defamation law; intellectual property law; international law; labor law; media law; property law; tax law; tort law; transportation law; (b) baseball players who were or became lawyers; and (c) roles played by lawyers in baseball.

Second, we want nominations for a ballot we are preparing to help us identify the best legal writing about baseball. This sort of writing might come from any number of sources, including but not limited to: fiction; journalism; litigation (briefs, judicial and arbitration decisions, etc.); poetry, music, and song; and scholarly works.

In due course—meaning sometime during the 2009 season—you will have an opportunity to vote for your favorites from the ballot we will prepare from your nominations. Balloting will take place online. We will publish the results—perhaps including a few samples from the top vote-getters—in the 2010 Almanac & Reader.

Please send your proposals for papers and your nominations for the ballot to editors@greenbag.org.