International Sports Law: An Introductory Guide
This book, written by an expert in the field, covers some of the following issues, namely high-profile WADA cases such as that of Maria Sharapova, the Bosman ruling, decisionsby the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and footballers’ employment contrac
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International Sports Law: An Introductory Guide Ian S. Blackshaw
Short Studies in International Law
Short Studies in International Law are short-book publications in international law. The volumes cover emerging topics in international law and inform academics and practitioners timely of recent developments. The hardcover books are compact volumes of 100–150 pages and are characterized by fast, global electronic dissemination, standard publishing contracts, standardized manuscript preparation and formatting guidelines, and expedited production schedules.
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Ian S. Blackshaw
International Sports Law: An Introductory Guide
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Ian S. Blackshaw Sains-les-Fressin, Pas de Calais France
ISSN 2520-887X ISSN 2520-8888 (electronic) Short Studies in International Law ISBN 978-94-6265-197-5 ISBN 978-94-6265-198-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-6265-198-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943235 Published by T.M.C. ASSER PRESS, The Hague, The Netherlands www.asserpress.nl Produced and distributed for T.M.C. ASSER PRESS by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © T.M.C. ASSER PRESS and the author 2017 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper This T.M.C. ASSER PRESS imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany The registered company address is: Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, Germany
Foreword
I am very pleased and honoured to write this Foreword. For a while, there was a significant debate around the question whether one should speak of sports law, or whether it should rather be sport and the law. The argument was that sports law was no more than various other fields of law applied in the context of sport. However, it has long since become clear that sport poses various unique questions to the law and that various aspects of sport are regulated in ways that have no equivalent in other spheres of business and governance. For instance, safeguarding the integrity of sport against practices, such as doping and match-fixing, hardly has any clear parallels outside the world of sport. In addition, the International Olympic Committee enjoys a special legal status, similar to that enjoyed by international organisations in public international law. As a result, it is now generally accepted that sports law is a distinct subject worthy of recogni
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