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[email protected] warwick.ac.uk/lib-publications A ‘Zone of Legal Exemption’ for Sports Violence? Form and Substance in the Criminal Law BEN LIVINGS THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK SUBMITTED OCTOBER 2016 Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................... vi DECLARATION ................................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................ viii TABLE OF CASES ................................................................................................. ix TABLE OF STATUTES ......................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1 Introduction....................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction................................................................................................... 1 1.2