More on World Cup 2006 and Law

This is a follow-up to the May 26, 2006 Library Boy post World Cup 2006 in Germany - The Law on Doping in Sports.

Slaw.ca has an item today about other non drug-related legal dimensions of the World Cup football competition that got off to its official start earlier today.

Home team Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2 and Ecuador scored a surprise 2-0 upset against Poland. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! as they say in Ecuador.

The Slaw material covers:

• Drinking laws in Germany
• Hooligans
• The role of lawyers
• Intellectual property issues
• The sex trade
• Employment (all those workers who will be calling in sick)
• Racism