TY - JOUR ID - 246647 TI - Nationalism and Hooliganism: A Critical Analysis of International and Domestic Regulations with reference to Indian Football JO - Research in Exercise and Law JA - REL LA - en SN - 2783-5413 AU - Nunes, William AU - Tarun, * AD - Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India AD - Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 14 EP - 28 KW - Hooliganism KW - Fans KW - Nationalism KW - Sports Law KW - Football DO - 10.22034/rel.2021.246647 N2 - Hooliganism or spectator violence has become an unfortunate sight in stadiums. Racial slurs, fist fights and damaging stadiums have become common means to express support for one’s team. Sociologist and political thinkers have connected the phenomenon to human passion and nationalism. While sports evolved as an instrument for promoting peace and cooperation, sports have manifested political dimensions, as a tool for diplomacy but also brought nationalist force reflecting national conflicts. These incidents have pushed the international football regulators like FIFA and UEFA and domestic football administrator, AIFF, to formulate rules and regulations to monitor fans’ behaviours. Stringent sanctions like heavy fines and match suspension have been added to the disciplinary codes and the duty to take care has been shifted to the hosting team. This paper is an attempt to examine the relationship between sports, nationalism and regulations with reference to international football. UR - https://rel.gonabad.ac.ir/article_246647.html L1 - https://rel.gonabad.ac.ir/article_246647_5d2423fb32533d918a3f4adaec084a17.pdf ER -