Today sports have an increasing influence within society and commerce. Major sports events like the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup are watched by billions of people around the world, causing a social and economic impact globally. International sports federations (ISFs) govern and control international sport. They cannot be regulated by national courts or governments. In Sports Law a distinction has to be made between global sports law and international sports law and sports-related national law.
This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research in the field of Sports Law. It provides the basic legal materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library’s classification index code 167. Internationalism and International Life and subject heading (keyword) Sports are instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.
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Sports marketing is not only a global phenomenon, but also a major industry in its own right. This book breaks new ground in that it combines the theory and the practice of sports marketing agreements, which are at the heart of the commercialisation and marketing of sport. A particular feature of this book is the wide-ranging collection of precedents of sports marketing agreements, including, inter alia, sponsorship, merchandising, TV rights and new media, sports image rights and endorsements, event management and corporate hospitality, that are included and are explained and commented on in the text of the book.
BLACKSHAW, I.S., 2012Also available as Fulltext e-book inside Peace Palace Library
This book is the first to focus on the often raised and discussed question whether there is a separate discipline of international sports law and, if so, which criteria should be used to identify it. What belongs to it and what does it involve? So far, the debate has not run along any structured lines, meaning that different points of view and angles have never been systematically compared amongst experts in order to attempt to reach pertinent conclusions. In the present book highly relevant and critical English-language articles on the question “What is Sports Law?” are brought together with the extended papers and results of the 2010 Djakarta Conference “The Concept of Lex Sportiva Revisited”. The expertise and views of the contributors present an important step in the right direction and form a solid basis for further discussion amongst sports lawyers, academics and researchers on the fascinating Lex Sportiva phenomenon.
SIEKMANN, R.C.R. and SOEK, J. (eds.), 2012Also available as Fulltext e-book inside Peace Palace Library
Gambling is a significant global industry, which is worth around 0.6% of world trade, that is, around US$ 384 billion; and gambling on the outcome of sports events is a very popular pastime for millions of people around the world, who combine a bet with watching and enjoying their favourite sports. But, like any other human activity, sports betting is open to corruption and improper influence from unscrupulous sports persons, bookmakers and others. Sports betting in the last ten years or so has developed and changed quite fundamentally with the advent of modern technology – not least the omnipresence of the Internet and the rise of on-line sports betting.
ANDERSON, P.M., BLACKSHAW, I.S., SIEKMANN, R.C.R. and SOEK, J., 2012L’arbitrage est un mode juridictionnel de règlement des litiges qui, depuis une quinzaine d’année, n’a eu de cesse de se développer en matière sportive. Si, pour les litiges sportifs nationaux, la situation reste contrastée, pour les litiges sportifs internationaux en revanche, elle est limpide : tous ou presque sont désormais résolus par cette véritable « Cour suprême du sport mondial » qu’est devenu le Tribunal arbitral du sport.
MAISONNEUVE, M., 2011This Handbook presents a comprehensive collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners in the burgeoning field of international sports law. The authors address significant legal issues on two gradually converging tracks: the mainstream institutional framework of the law, primarily the International Olympic Committee, international sports federations, regional and national sports authority, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport; and the commercial sports industry.
NAFZIGER, J.A.R. and ROSS S.F. (eds.), 2011Le tematiche che sono state oggetto della trattazione sono, ad esempio: le federazioni sportive, le attività (come lavoro subordinato sportivo e sponsorizzazione), la giustizia sportiva, lo sport come spettacolo. Non manca l’esame di argomenti di grande attualità ed interesse, non solo per il professionista, ma anche per chiunque abbia interesse e curiosità per la materia, quali il doping (analizzato anche alla luce della giurisprudenza comunitaria) e lo sport nel diritto amministrativo europeo.
SANINO, M. and VERDE, F., 2011
Abstract: ”The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century.”
SCHAUS, G.P. and WENN, S.R., 2007Whereabouts are information provided by a limited number of top elite athletes about their location to the International Sport Federation or National Anti-Doping Organization that included them in their respective registered testing pool as part of these top elite athletes’anti-doping responsibilities.
What does that mean? Anti-Doping Organizations are required to have out-of-competition testing on top [...]
Read moreFormer International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has died in hospital after being taken ill at the weekend. The Spaniard was widely regarded as the most powerful man in sport when he headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001.
His successor Jacques Rogge stated: “I cannot find the words to express the distress of the Olympic family (…) Thanks to his extraordinary vision and talent, Samaranch was the architect of a strong and unified Olympic Movement.
The European Football Championship, Euro 2008, will start on 7 June and finish on 29 June. This football tournament will be hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
Thousands of fans will support their teams, celebrate victory and mourn defeat. Often these huge and massive emotions of joy and grief will result in violent clashes with supporters of rival teams and even lead to fights with the local police.
Literature on this dark side of football can be found in the Peace Palace Library collection under the keyword hooliganism
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Sports marketing agreements : legal, fiscal and practical aspects / , 2012
Dopage dans le football / , 2010
Ambush Marketing im Sport : Grundlagen - Strategien - Wirkungen / , 2010
CAS and Football: Landmark Cases / , 2012
Recueil des sentences du TAS / , 2004
The jurisprudence of the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber / , 2008
